Sanatana Dharma - Aka Hinduism (3rd Bin)

[Bodhi]

Husky, then you would also enjoy other similar stories. In particular there is this one about the origin of nATya (dramatics). One variant has this story as narrated in some purANa-s, that once nArada got into the delusionous pride of being the best musician in the creation. To shun his ego, shiva who is also the king of nATya - naTarAja, started singing, dancing and playing his damaru to the audience including the indra etc and bramhA and viShNu. This performance was so heart-touching that, not only nArada's ego got purified, but also one of the viShNu's toes started melting and the divine fluid started flowing from his feet like tears. Seeing this, brahmA held forth his kamaNDalu and gathered the molten toe of viShNu. This fluid remained in the heavens, gathered up in brahmA's kamaNDalu until king sagar's descendants, particularly king bhagIratha, succeeded in persuading brahmA to release one stream/drop from that fluid to earth, which ultimately came to be known on earth as bhAgIrathI/ga~NgA.

now on vyAkaraNa, you may enjoy hauma's interesting entry about the pre-pANini 'aindra vyAkaraNa' (the grammar of indra) etc: http://manasataramgini.wordpress.com/2008/...it-grammarians/