Yuva Bharati – March 2018

Yuva Bharati / March 2018 / 39

Creativity series - 4

COMPLEMENTARITY OF BRAIN –

HALVES – HINDU ICONOGRAPHY ART

AND PHILOSOPHY

Compiled and edited by

N. Krishnamoorti

T

he two halves the brain complementing each

other as the active half and the passive half,

and as the analytical portion and the holistic

integrating portion have been understood and

expressed in Hindu iconography, art and philosophy.

The Isavasya Upanishad mantras (6 – 11) form a

system in which the opposites are reconciled or the

complimentary halves are juxtaposed.

The Mimamsa school of thought is wedded to

rituals-work. The Upanishadic school considers the

knowledge of the nature of the Ultimate Reality.

Reconciling work with knowledge, the Isavasya