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Genesis. Arts
Size: 4.7 inch x 10.1 inch (H x W)
paaduka (pronounced 'paadukaa') Sahasram means one thousand verses on thesandals, is in praise of the sacred sandals on which the Lord’s lotus feetrest. The whole work is a monument for supreme devotion and superb poetry, allin one night’s intuition, - an overnight miracle of onPe thousand verses! Itwas done by him just as a fulfillment of a competition committed to as achallenge by his disciples who were provoked by members of the tenkalai school.All this was composed by Desika (as he puts it, by the Grace of the paduka ofthe Divine) in just one quarter of .the night, actually the third quarter. Theearlier two quarters were devoted by him, as soon as he accepted thecommitment, to yoga and yoga-nidra (=sleep induced by yoga and resulting inintuition). The opposite school kept awake the whole night and brought forth300 of the 1000 promised, on the lotus feet of the LordPaduka (pronounced'paadukaa') Sahasram means one thousand verses on the sandals, is in praise ofthe sacred sandals on which the Lord’s lotus feet rest. The whole work is amonument for supreme devotion and superb poetry, all in one night’s intuition,- an overnight miracle of one thousand verses! It was done by him just as afulfillment of a competition committed to as a challenge by his disciples whowere provoked by members of the tenkalai school. All this was composed byDesika (as he puts it, by the Grace of the paduka of the Divine) in just onequarter of the night, actually the third quarter. The earlier two quarters weredevoted by him, as soon as he accepted the commitment, to yoga and yoga-nidra(=sleep induced by yoga and resulting in intuition). The opposite school keptawake the whole night and brought forth 300 of the 1000 promised, on the lotusfeet of the Lord
