Sollukattu and Bija Mantra's

chitrashankar · Post by **chitrashankar** » 01 Apr 2008, 14:59

Can someone tell me where I can read about the relationship between Sollukattu and Bija Mantra's?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 01 Apr 2008, 18:43

AFAIK, there is no relationship. Other dancers/scholars on the forum maybe able to shed more light on this.

However, of late, dancers like Smt. Priyadarshini Govind have used the bIjAkSara mantrams instead of sorkaTTus in certain jatIs, especially in a varNam. I, for one like it. I would liken this to the dancing of an alArippu to the singing of a tiruppugazh in the background with the naTTuvanAr intoning the sollus in the foreground.

If you find a definite or even a probable link, kindly share.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 Apr 2008, 19:07

Can you guys post a small clip for example?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 02 Apr 2008, 04:00

CML,

A small clip will be tough, but if you download these files http://www.sangeethamshare.org/ramasund ... d_BNatyam/ you will see that Smt. Priyadarshini Govind begins her performance for podigai with bhO shambhO. She starts to the intonamtion of 'Om namah SivAya', and uses that to fashion her jatIs around. I think that is what the original poster meant. I know that it is what I meant.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 02 Apr 2008, 04:31

Thanks Shankar.
The idea is quite good and novel. But in my view in this example the execution is poor! The bIjAkShara should be seamlessly integrated both musically and dance-wise. Also there should not be an abhinayam for the bIjAkShara when integrated with the jati. Am I right?