Re: on the NJ/NY SatAvadhAnam -Reply
katta murty (katta_murty@umich.edu)
Tue, 10 Sep 1996 08:23:36 -0400 (EDT)
Regarding Madan Mohan gari question: Yes the Avadhani takes one question
after another with no rest in between. This is independent of the
number of pruschakas.
But each pruschaka gets a lot of time to think and prepare his (her)
question. The more the number of pruschakas, the more time each
pruschaka gets to prepare his/her question, and thereby has the
opportunity to prepare harder (or more difficult) questions.
That's the idea of these Avadhanams. The Avadhani always has the
same time (essentially zero) to answer each question. The pruschakas
each get a lot of time (directly proportional to their number) to
think and prepare their question. It is this unequal treatment of the
two parties that makes Avadhanams fascinating, particularly when
the Avadhani proves equal to the task.
Katta Murty.
>>>> "Ramana R. Juvvadi" <juvvadi@horizoncomp.com> 09/09/96
>01:08pm >>> writes:
>
>>Naga Phani Sarma is indeed a gem. ..... He has an excellent voice and
>>performed the avadhAnam with surprising ease.
>
>Mine is yet another voice in the chorus.
>
>>I know that it is not easy to get hundred (actually 108) pRichchakas even
>>for a crowded place like New York area.
>
>This is where I have an issue with. I posed the question on this forum
>previously but there were no takers. Let me try again.
>
>Even if you can get 108 pRchchakulu, the avadhaani is not going to take all
>the questions and keep in his memory and simultaneously work on them.
>
>I have seen Sree Sarma perform the sahasraavadhaanam in Hyderabad
>this Jan (or Feb ?) continuously for 21 days. The pRchchakulu were
>asking the questions one after another. The avadhaani proceeded to the
>next one only after finishing the one on hand. (He had very few in
>pending). So isn't this effectively Ekaavadhanam or utmost
>ashTaavadhaanam embedded in a grand 108/1116 avadhaanam ?
>
>Madan Mohan