chakravartin / wordwomb (080367 & 090367) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967
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Scope and Contents
This work consists of two poem dated a month apart.' Wordwomb' is composed using all five vowels. 'Chakravartin' is composed using apostrophes and parehtheses. Wikipedia: Chakravartin is a term used in Indian religions for an ideal universal ruler, who rules ethically and benevolently over the entire world. Such a ruler's reign is called sarvabhauma. It is a bahuvrīhi, literally meaning "whose wheels are moving", in the sense of "whose chariot is rolling everywhere without obstruction". It can also be analyzed as an 'instrumental bahuvrīhi: "through whom the wheel is moving" in the meaning of "through whom the Dharmacakra ("Wheel of the Dharma) is turning" (most commonly used in Buddhism and Hinduism). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1967
Creator
Extent
0 See container summary (1 page (typed)) ; 28 x 22 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
shelf binder bedroom 2
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: Prinknash Abbey, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: dsh [typed] (u.r.); dsh [typed] (l.l.). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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