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CONCEPT OF BEAUTY IN VEDANT
Beauty, ever since ancient times, has been a major preoccupation of civilized man. Beauty has been dealt and discussed by different disciplines like Philosophy, Axiology, Sociology. Mathematics and in modern times even by Physics.
Every System of Indian Philosophy talks about Beauty and the experience of Beauty. I shall, here in the paper restrict myself to Beauty as is being reflected in Vedas and Upanishads. And for this we will first have a clear understanding about the main aspects of Beauty and then Beauty in Vedanta.
To Begin with, let us first understand Beauty - its meaning, concept, the term, the types and nature in general, from Philosophy point of view. On Beauty : Meaning and Concept:
The term “Beauty' as a quality of the “Beautiful” is though familiar to everybody, its understanding has proved to be exceedingly difficult. Beauty is, almost by all, agreed and accepted as a "Value" and its first essential quality is to please. Pleasure is stirred up in our soul, whenever we contemplate any beautiful object. This is a very prominent subjective aspect. “The objective aspect of beautiful objects has largely remained a puzzle or mystery. Some aestheticians are inclined to deny its very existence, while others assert that beauty
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