Author: Jitendra Nath BanerjeaPublisher:
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Category : Art, Hindu
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Development of Hindu Iconography
Author: Jitendra Nath BanerjeaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Hindu
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Elements of Hindu Iconography
Author: T. A. Gopinatha RaoPublisher:
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Category : Art, Hindu
Languages : en
Pages : 770
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The Development of Hindu Iconography
Author: Jitendra Nath BanerjeaPublisher:
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Category : Hindu art
Languages : en
Pages :
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Iconography of the Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains
Author: Ramesh Shankar GuptePublisher:
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Category : Gods in art
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia
Author: Guy, JohnPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588395243
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A fresh and exciting exploration of Southeast Asian history from the 5th to 9th century, seen through the lens of the region's sculpture
The Disguises of the Demon
Author: Gail Hinich SutherlandPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438421613
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Among the most ancient deities of South Asia, the yaksha straddle the boundaries between popular and textual traditions in both Hinduism and Buddhism and both benevolent and malevolent facets. As a figure of material plenty, the yaksis epitomized as Kubera, god of wealth and king of the yaks In demonic guise, the yaksis related to a large family of demonic and quasi-demonic beings, such as nagas, gandharvas, raks, and the man-eating pisaacas. Translating and interpreting texts and passages from the Vedic literature, the Hindu epics, the Puranas, Kālidāsa's Meghadūta, and the Buddhist Jātaka Tales, Sutherland traces the development and transformation of the elusive yaksfrom an early identification with the impersonal absolute itself to a progressively more demonic and diminished terrestrial characterization. Her investigation is set within the framework of a larger inquiry into the nature of evil, misfortune, and causation in Indian myth and religion.
Hinduism and the Religious Arts
Author: Heather ElgoodPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0304707392
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
The roots between the Hindu religion and the wider culture are deep and uniquely complex. No study of either ancient or contemporary Indian culture can be undertaken without a clear understanding of Hindu visual arts and their sources in religious belief and practice. Defining what is meant by religion - no such term exists in Sanskrit - and what is understood by Hindu ideals of beauty, Heather Elgood provides the best synthesis and critical study of recent scholarship on the topic. In addition, this book offers critical background information for anyone interested in the social and anthropological roots of artistic creativity, as well as the rites, practices and beliefs of the hundreds of millions of Hindus in the world today.
South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses
Author: Hosakote Krishna SastriPublisher:
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Category : Gods in art
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity
Author: Jaś ElsnerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108473075
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
Explores the problems for studying art and religion in Eurasia arising from ancestral, colonial and post-colonial biases in historiography.
The Iconography of Hindu Tantric Deities: The pantheon of the Mantramahodadhi
Author: Gudrun BühnemannPublisher: Gonda Indological Studies
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Volume I: The Pantheon of the Mantramahodadhi; Volume II: The Pantheons of the Prapañcasāra and the Śāradātilaka. With illustrations.