Week 14 Reading: Epified's "7 Secrets of Hindu Calendar Art" Videos, Part C
Ardhanari on Wikimedia For this week, I chose to continue onto parts C and D of Epified’s “Seven Secrets of Hindu Calendar Art” YouTube videos. Part C is on the gods Ardhanari, who I had never heard of before, and Shiva. I liked the videos that I watched in week 13 as they were more eye-opening and informative than I had expected. I also think that watching these videos is good for anyone who struggles with paying attention, especially in reading assignments. Furthermore, as I have watched many Epified videos throughout this course, I can say that Epified does a great job of summarizing important aspects of Indian epics and Hinduism and that they make them easily attainable for those who are new to this kind of storytelling. Ardhanari’s secret is “God is stillness within, Goddess is movement around.” In this video, I learned that gods can be with or without form and that a god is never limited to only one form. Also, there is both a male and a female trinity