This can convey a few layers of meaning. The duality of target/arrow has a gender connotation of female/male. It is common in esoteric metaphor to speak of the soul in feminine terms and God in masculine terms (lover/Beloved, bride/Bridegroom). So, on one level, Allama Prabhu is saying...
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1. On the website of Total Kannada, an independent bookshop whose owner has been generous enough to agree to sell my books. Please note that they deliver ABROAD. If you live in Bangalore, you could also visit the bookshop at its location in Jayanagar, Bangalore. 2. On Amazon India: htt...
118). But that does not change the fact that the voice is not grounded in the specific type of body it purports to represent, and that the assumption of singing about what one knows, which plays a crucial role in the genesis, nature and meaning of bhakti poetry, is elided. As ...