Author: Hira Lal ShuklaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Semiotica Indica
Author: Hira Lal ShuklaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
SEMIOTICA INDICA: ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY OF BODY-LANGUAGE IN INDIAN ART AND CULTURE
Author: Hira Lal ShuklaHandbook of Hindu Mythology
Author: George M. WilliamsPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019533261X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Unlike many other ancient mythologies, Hinduism thrives in the modern world. One billion followers and countless others have been captivated by its symbolic representations of love, karma, and reincarnation. Handbook of Hindu Mythology offers an informative introduction to this dauntingly complex mythology of multifaceted deities, lengthy heroic tales, and arcane philosophies-all with a 3,000-year history of reinterpretations and adaptations. Williams offers a number of pathways by which to approach Hinduism's ever-changing gods and goddesses (e.g., Brahma, Vishnu, Siva), spiritual verses (such as the vedas), secular epics (including the Ramayana and the Mahabharata), myths within myths, devotional and esoteric traditions, psychic and yogic disciplines, and magical practices. With this handbook, readers can explore the history of Hindu mythology, follow a detailed timeline of key episodes and historical events, and look up specific elements of historical or contemporary Hinduism in a beautifully illustrated reference work. It is the ideal introduction to the origins of Hinduism, the culture that shaped it from antiquity to the present, and the age-old stories, ideas, and traditions that speak to the human condition as eloquently today as ever. Including annotated bibliographies, a glossary of cultural and mythological terms, and numerous illustrations, here is a gold mine of information on Hindu mythology. "
Semiosis in Hindustani Music
Author: José Luiz MartinezPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120818019
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
For thousands of years music in India has been considered a signifying art. Indian music creates and represents meanings of all kings, some of which extend outwardly to the cosmos, while others arise inwardly, in the refined feelings which a musical connoisseur experiences when listening to it. In this book the author explores signification in Hindustani classical music along a two-fold path. Martineq first constructs a theory of musical semiotics based on the sign-theories of Charles Sanders Peirce. He then applies his theory to the analysis of various types of Hindustani music and how they generate significations. The author engages such fundamental issues as sound quality, raga, tala and form, while advancing his unique interpretations of well-known semiotic phenomena like iconicity, metalanguage, indexicality, symbolism, Martinez`s study also provides deep insight into semiotic issues of musical perception, performance, scholarship, and composition. An specially innovative and extensive section of the book analyzes representations in Hindustani music in terms of the Indian aesthetic theory of rasa. The evolution of the rasa system as applied to musical structures is traced historically and analyzed semiotically. In the light of Martinez`s theories, Hindustani music reveals itself to be both a delightfully sensuous and highly sophisticated system of acoustic representations.
Indian Books in Print
Author: Dattatreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatara
Author: Antonio RigopoulosPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791436967
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Presents the multi-faceted Hindu deity Dattatreya from his Puranic emergence to modern times. This book presents the multi-faceted Hindu deity Dattatreya from his Puranic emergence up to modern times. Dattatreya's Brahmanical portrayal, as well as his even more archaic characterization as a Tantric antinomian figure, combines both Vaisnava Saiva motifs. Over the course of time, Dattatreya has come to embody the roles of the immortal guru, yogin and avatara in a paradigmatic manner. From the sixteenth century Dattatreya's glorious characterization emerged as the incarnation of the trimurti of Brahma, Visnu, and Siva. Although Maharastra is the heartland of Dattatreya devotion, his presence is attested to throughout India and extends beyond the boundaries of Hinduism, being met with in Sufi circles and even in Buddhism and Jainism via Nathism. The scarce attention which most Western scholars of Indian religions have paid to this deity contrasts with its ubiquitousness and social permeability. Devotion to Dattatreya cuts through all social and religious strata of Indian society: among his adepts we find yogis, Brahmans, faqirs, Devi worshippers, untouchables, thieves, and prostitutes. This book explores all primary religious dimensions: myth, doctrine, ritual, philosophy, mysticism, and iconography. The comprehensive result offers a rich fresco of Hindu religion as well as an understanding of Marathi integrative spirituality: precisely this complexity of themes constitutes Dattatreya's uniqueness. "I learned a great deal from this book. Although I had known about Dattatreya as an important figure in Hinduism, I had never realized the richness and complexity of this truly Protean deity. As Rigopoulos notes, Dattatreya has been largely neglected by scholars, and this book makes you wonder why, since he is so intriguing. I suspect that this will become a classic in its area, since there really is no comparable work which does so much relating to Dattatreya. In a way, to read the history of Dattatreya as presented by Rigopoulos is to engage the history of Hinduism! Virtually all of the major historical phases and issues are there, from the Vedic period up to the last decade." -- Glen Hayes, Bloomfield College
Living with Paradoxes
Author: Karolin Eva KapplerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3531940031
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
How do women who have survived traumatic sexual violence cope with and manage their everyday lives? Karolin Eva Kappler analyses the everyday life of victims of sexual violence, combining the normalcy of their daily life with the overwhelming experience of rape and sexual abuse. Based on a qualitative study, the author detects five patterns which characterize the victims’ everyday coping practices and strategies. The grounded analysis of the interview material shows the fragility of the victims’ lives, depending on paradoxes which reduce their freedom of choice and which explain the individual and social invisibility of sexual violence. The book is valuable reading for academics and practitioners working in the fields of sociology, psychology, medicine, social work, and education.
Recent Indian Publications on Display at World Book Fair
Author: Sudhir Chandra MathurPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book industries and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Catalog of books on display at the 12th New Delhi World Book Fair, held at New Delhi in February 1996.
Journal of Higher Education
Author: Early Brahmanical Cults and Associated Iconography
Author: Richa SikriPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Buddhist
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Present Work Attempts To Study The Development Of Brahmanical Cults And Associated Iconography (C. 400 B.C. To A.D. 600). In This Connection And In Depth Study Of The Sources Both Literary As Well As Archaeological Have Been Made. The Development Of The Brahmanical Cults Have Been Traced In Chrnological Order For The First Time Which Goes To Show How The Cults Reached From Their Formative Stages To The Climax In 600 A.D. It Also Discuss The Iconographic Treatise Written For Making The Perfect Images Of Cult Deities. It Discusses Vaisnava, Saiva, Mother Goddess And Others Include Yaksas, Nagas, Kinnaras, Gandharvas In Detailed Form, Besides Throws Light On The Concept Of Rituals, Puja And Temples. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2: Sources, Chapter 3: Development Of The Brahmanical Cults; (I) C. 4Th Century And 2Nd Century B.C., (Ii) C. 2Nd Century To The Begining Of Christian Eara, (Iii) C. 1St Century To 3Rd Century A.D., (Iv) C. 3Rd Century To 6Th Century A.D., Chapter 4: Iconographic Froms In Acient Texts, Chapter 5: Iconography Of The Brahmanical Deities; (I) Vaisnava Images, (Ii) Saiva Images, (Iii) Mother Goddesses, (Iv) Other Deities Yaksas, Naga, Gandharvas And Kinnaras, Chapter 6: Conclusion.