Indian Aesthetic

Indian aesthetics is Indian art evolved with an emphasis on inducing special spiritual or
philosophical states in the audience, or with representing them symbolically. According to Kapila
Vatsyayan, "Classical Indian architecture, sculpture, painting, literature (kāvya), music, and dancing
evolved their own rules conditioned by their respective media, but they shared with one another not
only the underlying spiritual beliefs of the Indian religio-philosophic mind, but also the procedures by
which the relationships of the symbol and the spiritual states were worked out in detail."

According to Hinduism, the whole world issue is divided into three distinct facets. As such,
Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh (Shiva) are in charge of creation, preservation and destruction respectively.

Satyam, in its primitive meaning means – that which belongs to the Truth; the truth. As we said
before, as the nickname of Shiva is in this world, it is possible to describe it scientifically, therefore,
everything related to it is true. This is based on the belief that everything that is real and can be
scientifically described, is the truth. When we say that Lord Shiva is Satyam, we mean that Shiv is the
absolute truth. His presence is physical. He is inside us and we are inside him. He is the reason for our
birth. He is interested in our upbringing and growth and this is the Truth. Remember that Bhrama and
Vishnu can only do things with the support and blessing of Shiv. He is the God who lives in this world
and nurtures it. His interest in our welfare is Supreme and that is the absolute Truth that is Satyam.

Shivam, Growing from a baby to an older person, you need the support of the family, which
becomes a right, but is also a form of external support. This is where one becomes from Shiv to Shivam,
which means that Shiva makes sure that we receive the information and the necessary capacity to
become adults. Shivam means giving everything without waiting and asking for nothing in return. That is
what the family and society do for the growth of a child. In Hinduism we take the case of  Parvati, a
princess, or rather, a very rich princess, who married Shiva after renouncing everything. She knew that
she could not approach Shiva without giving up everything. Shiv gives away everything and, in doing so,
she does not even own a home of his own. Shiv is Shivam, the one who gives everything. Since we are
part Shiv and He is partly us, we have to make sure that we are Shivam to a certain extent to harmonize
our relationship with Him.

Sundaram, as suggested (in Hindi sundar) the word means beautiful. A mature person – grown
spiritually interacts with the world. His interaction, due to Shiv, gives him the real feeling of how
beautiful the world is. Remember that Shiv ensures that the world is a suitable place to live. We being
part Shiv, have to demonstrate our own commitment that from this beautiful world we will not take
anything that makes the world lose its beauty, exhaust it, or in such a way that, like everything else,
moves towards its destruction. Sundaram requires some kind of commitment from our side. We have
been given a beautiful world. Let’s make it more beautiful. And this is the ultimate goal of all religions.
We must become Sundaram, like Shiv.

Normative sciences seek to discover ‘good’ ways of doing things, or the ‘right’ way of thinking.  
Through our human history, we have concluded to there being three major normative sciences i.e. Logic,
Ethics and Aesthetics (Tarak Shastra, Niti Shastra & Sunderata Shastra). By deduction, Logic will require
Truth, Ethics will require Welfare and Aesthetics will require beauty. Ideal normatives which are possed
by God.

After this, what follows is important, and it is important because it helps to fulfill the cycle with
destruction or death, which is inevitable and the absolute truth, that is to say – Satyam. And so, our
cycle in this life should be – Satyam Shivan Sundaram.

References:

http://www.eiilmuniversity.co.in/downloads/INDIAN_AESTHETICS.pdf

https://canariasagusto.com/en/2019/06/the-meaning-of-satyam-shivam-sundaram/