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Yoga / Hindu : Shaivite (Shiva)

12th Century

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English version by
A. K. Ramanujan

Original Language
Kannada

The pot is a God. The winnowing

Themes

Wine

Recommended Books

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

The pot is a God. The winnowing
fan is a God. The stone in the
street is a God. The comb is a
God. The bowstring is also a
God. The bushel is a God and the
spouted cup is a God.

Gods, gods, there are so many
there's no place left
for a foot.
There is only
one God. He is our Lord
of the Meeting Rivers.

-- from Speaking of Siva, by A K Ramanujan

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