Dhvani Publication
Volume 1, Issue 1 (Summer 2025)
Volume 1 · Issue 1 (June 2025)

Volume 1, Issue 1 (Summer 2025)

"Foundational Aesthetics and Indian Poetics"
Publishing model
Open Access (CC BY 4.0) · Double-Blind Peer Reviewed

Articles in this Issue

Showing 7 peer-reviewed papers
Literary and Narrative Studies in Art Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.007

Truth, Beauty, and the Aesthetic Quest: Arjun Bharadwaj’s Exploration of Homer through Indian Thought

Amritanath Bhattacharya

This review examines Arjun Bharadwaj's Indian Perspective of Truth and Beauty in Homer's Epics, a comparative literary study that applies Indian aesthetic philosophy to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Bharadwaj employs millen...

Published: Jun 01, 2025 Pages: 78-82
Media, Technology, and Digital Art Studies Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.002

Moral Dilemmas and Values of the Middle Class in Mrinal Sen's Films: A Study of Ek Din Pratidin and Kharij

Md. Saddam Hossain

This study examines the moral contradictions and values of the Bengali middle class as portrayed in Mrinal Sen's acclaimed films Ek Din Pratidin (1979) and Kharij (1982). Through critical analysis of Sen's cinematic tech...

Published: Jun 01, 2025 Pages: 15-26
Aesthetics and Art Philosophy Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.001

Bharata Muni as a Microcosm of Cosmic Emanation: Sustaining, Offering and Expanding Nāṭya through Icchā, Jñāna, and Kriyā

Shri Piyal Bhattacharya

This paper examines Bharata Muni through a traditional śāstrika lens, moving beyond historical debates to interpret him as a cosmic principle of performative knowledge (nāṭya-jñāna). Using Sanskrit philological analysis,...

Published: Jun 01, 2025 Pages: 7-14
Esoteric Aesthetics and Philosophies of Liberation Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.006

The Ferocious Consciousness: Spirit Subjugation and the Dissolution of Otherness in the Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra

Swastik Banerjee

This essay investigates the text Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra, examining a philosophical tension: “How does a tantra so deeply embedded in ritual coercion reconcile itself with the language of liberation?” The analysis of this iss...

Published: Jun 01, 2025 Pages: 66-77