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Yoga / Hindu : Shaivite (Shiva)

12th Century

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Timeline (1134 - 1196)

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English version by
A. K. Ramanujan

Original Language
Kannada

Make of my body the beam of a lute

Themes

Sound

Recommended Books

	Speaking of Siva, by A K Ramanujan
	The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice, by Georg Feuerstein

Make of my body the beam of a lute
     of my head the sounding gourd
     of my nerves the strings
     of my fingers the plucking rods.

Clutch me close
     and play your thirty-two songs
     O lord of the meeting rivers!

-- from Speaking of Siva, by A K Ramanujan

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