Abstract:
The Indian theory of aesthetics inreligious and cultural aspects is deeply rooted in
the triple – principal of Satyam (Truth), Sivam (Goodness / Auspiciousness) and Sundaram
(Beauty). We believe that this phrase Satyam, Sivam, Sundaram express beautifully a special
confluence of the devotional, the erotic – sensuous, and the real. 'Satyam' is the truth
value;'Sivam' is the good value & 'Sundaram'is the beauty value. This study try to identify the
concept of Satyam-Sivam-Sundaram, as a cornerstone of Indian Aesthetics contexts
inreligious and cultural aspects.Indian aesthetics is a well-experimented psycho-analytical
process of judgment. Indian logic postulates the perception of (i) The mundane (laukika), or
perceptible by sense organs, and (ii) super sensuous (yaugika) or realizable
introspectively.The classification of arts in Indian tradition is based on different aesthetic
sensesin Religious and Cultural Aspects.Amongst the senses that lead to aesthetic experience
are vision (dṛśya) and (Hearing-śravya). Architecture, sculpture and painting originate from
vision, and music and poetry originate from hearing and theatre from the two
together.Indian aesthetics have given birth to a distinct approach to Truth and Art. This
phenomenon has prompted many scholars to commonly categorize the thought of Eastern
cultures into the genre of "Oriental Thinking", the general essence of which is the spiritual
understanding of Truth. But the emergence of what came to be termed as aesthetic and art
appreciation during the modern age, in the west, and particularly during the 18th century,
was an unprecedented development in the history of Indian aesthetics. During this period,
ideationalbackgroundof aesthetics, that was in earlier times simply used as one of the paths
of discovering reality, now comes to be applied subjectively and took on the external form of
human emotion and creative expression. This fresh approach, in turn, gave rise to the
emergence of new theories and the development of various styles of art in the Indian
aesthetic contexts of religious and cultural aspects.
