Naman Konkanche Khele
नमण
कोकणचे
खेले,
a form of traditional folk theatre form Maharashtra
and Goa Konkan कोकण. Some places its colled Naman नमण, Konkanche Khele कोकणचे खेले,
Loknatya Naman लोकनाट्य नमण, Vagnatya वगनाट्य Tamasha तमाशा and Bharud
भारुड
Enactment of religious episodes from Ramayana रामायण, Mahabharata महाभारत, Gan गण, Gaulan गौळण, Vinodi (Comedy) Farce विनोदी
फार्स, Vagh वग kalpnik Vagnatya काल्पनिक वगनाट्य and Bhagavata भगवतगिता by Mana-bhatas
See the Vishnu's Dashavataras as a reflection, or a
foreshadowing, of the modern theory of evolution.
the following ordering of the Dashavataras:
• Matsya -
fish, the first class of vertebrates; evolved in water(Indicates origin of
Fishes in Silurian Period
• Kurma -
amphibious (living in both water and land; but not to confuse with the
vertebrate class amphibians)(Indicates origin of Amphibians in Devonian Period
• Varaha -
mammals, wild land animals (Indicates Mammals origin in Triassic Period
• Narasimha
- beings that are half-animal and half-human (indicative of emergence of human
thoughts and intelligence in powerful wild nature)
• Vamana -
short, premature human beings
• Parasurama
- early humans living in forests and using weapons
• Rama -
humans living in community, beginning of civil society
• Krishna -
humans practicing animal husbandry, politically advanced societies
• Buddha -
humans finding enlightenment
• Kalki -
advanced humans with great powers of destruction.
This
interpretation was taken up by other Orientalists and by Hindus in India,
particularly reformers who sought to harmonize traditional religion with modern
science. Keshub Chandra Sen, a prominent figure in the Brahmo Samaj and an
early teacher of Swami Vivekananda, was the first Indian Hindu to adopt this
reading.
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