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Yoga / Hindu : Shaivite (Shiva)
10th Century

About Devara Dasimayya

Timeline (10th Century)

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Original Language
Kannada
Hunger the great serpent

Themes
  Snake
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Speaking of Siva, by A K Ramanujan

Hunger the great serpent
has seized the vitals
and the venom is mounting
from foot to brow.

Only he is the true Snake-man
in all the world
who can feed this hunger food

and bring the poison down,

Ramanatha.

 

 

-- from Speaking of Siva, by A K Ramanujan

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