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Author : Anna Libera Dallapiccola
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Shastric Traditions in Indian Arts written by Anna Libera Dallapiccola and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anna Libera Dallapiccola
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Shastric Traditions in Indian Arts: References and documentation written by Anna Libera Dallapiccola and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hartmut Scharfe
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004125568
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Oriental Studies written by Hartmut Scharfe and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2002 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael DeMarco
Publisher : Via Media Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (942 download)
Download or read book Martial and Healing Traditions of India written by Michael DeMarco and published by Via Media Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the more than two decades publishing the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, we were fortunate to have Dr. Phillip Zarrilli on our Editorial Board. Internationally known for training actors through an infusion of Asian martial arts and yoga elements, he was a devoted teacher and theatre director/ performer. When he went to India at age 29 to study Kathakali dance, he was sidetracked after becoming captivated by kalaripayattu — the Indian martial art he studied in Kerala State. He eventually became the leading Western scholar who focused on martial arts and healing practice in south India. Just as we are finishing the preparation of this special anthology for publication, we learn that Dr. Zarrilli passed away on March 9, 2020. This work contains four of Dr. Zarrilli’s articles previously published in our journal. These are highly significant for anyone interested in Indian martial traditions and are of great value for comparative studies with other Asian martial arts. Dr. Zarrilli’s material here focuses on the combat arts of kalaripayattu and varma ati, and associated healing arts that encompass massage and herbal modalities. Those familiar with Far Eastern martial arts will find Dr. Zarrilli’s thorough presentation of vital spots and energy channels congruent with the theory and practices of acupuncture and the knowledge of energy meridians. Dr. Sara Schneider shares her experience studying kalaripayattu in Kerala as an American single female in a foreign culture. Her observations as a scholar are insightful. Although not recorded in her writing, it would be equally insightful to obtain the views of how the native guru, his family and students perceived her presence as a foreign academic researcher and martial art practitioner. Two more chapters broaden the coverage. Khilton Nongmaithem and Dainis Jirgensons present the martial art of Thang-Ta (“sword-spear”) as practiced in the northeastern state of Manipur. Their work also hints at the great depth and breadth of Indian martial traditions. Music and dance are natural companions with martial traditions. By looking at these art forms, Dr. Bandana Mukhopadhyay’s chapter brings out some essential elements that accompany the culture of warfare in India. We hope you will enjoy reading this special anthology — dedicated to Dr. Phillip Zarrilli.
Author : Helle Bundgaard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136806326
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Indian Art Worlds in Contention written by Helle Bundgaard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated book explores the opinions of artists, critics and others involved with arts or crafts, arguing for a theory that considers the different discursive formations and related strategic practices of an art world. Focusing on Orissan patta paintings in India the author examines the local, regional and national discourses involved. In so doing, the text demonstrates that, while painters' local discourses are characterised by pragmatism, the discourses of regional and especially national elites are concerned with the exegesis of local paintings and their association with the great Sanskrit tradition A central theme of the study focuses on the awards given for skill in craft making and their changing significance as they pass from national and regional elites to local painters. It is shown how certain key actions by local painters result from a clash between local discourses on the one hand and regional and national discourses on the other.
Author : Kapila Vatsyayan
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120810440
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Kalātattvakośa written by Kapila Vatsyayan and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1988 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heather Elgood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0826498655
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Hinduism and the Religious Arts written by Heather Elgood and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Juliane Schober
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120818125
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (181 download)
Download or read book Sacred Biography in the Buddhist Traditions of South and Southeast Asia written by Juliane Schober and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary collection of essays explores the biographical genre of the Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia. Scholars in the history of religions, anthropology, literature and art history present a broad range of explorations into sacred biography as an interpretive genre. Easch essay makes unique contributions and the collection as a whole engages methodological and interpretive approaches that are central to scholars of Buddhism and those specializing in the study of south and Southeast Asia.
Author : Madhu Bazaz Wangu
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170174165
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (741 download)
Download or read book Images of Indian Goddesses written by Madhu Bazaz Wangu and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goddess Images Are Omnipresent Within The Cultural Fabric Of India, Yet Most Indians Are Unaware Of Uplifting Meanings These Images Convey. In The Book, Images Of Indian Goddesses,. Dr. Madhu Bazaz Wangu Explains The Emergence Of Indian Goddesses Within The Changing Social, Political And Cultural Environment From The Prehistoric To The Present Times And Explains Their Metaphysical Meanings. Why Are Hindu Goddesses Paradoxical In Nature? Why Are They Portrayed As Erotic And Maternal Simultaneously? Why Do They Have Multiple Arms? Why Do Some Of Them Have Their Own Vehicle (Vahana) And Some Do Not? Why Are Such Images Portrayed On The Popular Calendar- Posters? The Book Answers Such Questions And Helps The Reader Understand Their Meanings. The Goddesses Discussed Range From The Devoted Sita To The Sinister Kali; From The Warrior Durga To The Auspicious Shri Lakshmi; From The Erotic Radha To The Serene Sarasvati And Many Others. Dr. Wangu Firmly Feels That If Experienced Hindu Goddesses Have A Potential For Stimulating The Onlooker'S Innermost Self. Experiencing Goddess Imagery Uplifts This Worldly Life And Ponders The Nature Of The Other -Worldly Existence. Furthermore, The Book Argues That The Goddesses Are Stimulating And Empowering Models Not Only For Indian Women But For All. Images Of Indian Goddesses Helps A Common Person Understand And Appreciate The Bewildering Number Of Female Images Expressed In India'S Sacred Art. The Book Is Not Only Absorbing And Inspiring, It Also Offers A Visual Treasury Of Goddess Art Images. Its Text Is Food For The Mind And The Illustrations Are A Feast For The Eyes.
Author : Ellen Goldberg
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791488853
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book The Lord Who Is Half Woman written by Ellen Goldberg and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The designation "Lord Who Is Half Woman" refers to the androgynous Hindu god Ardhanarisvara (also known as Siva-Sakti). While iconographical aspects of this significant image have been addressed, the complex theological, philosophical, and social implications inherent in a dual gendered deity have not. This book provides the first extensive study of the influence of Ardhanarisvara, exploring four distinct areas of Indian culture, namely iconography, hatha yoga, devotional poetry (bhakti), and mythology. Ellen Goldberg also offers a feminist analysis of the ways in which "male" and "female" have been constructed in this image and the various representations pertaining to the broader gender implications of an androgynous deity.
Author : Glenn W. Most
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004527257
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Plurilingualism in Traditional Eurasian Scholarship written by Glenn W. Most and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a selection of primary sources--in many cases translated into English for the first time--with introductions that provide fascinating historical materials for challenging notions of the ways in which premodern and early modern Eurasian scholars dealt with plurilingualism and monolingualism.
Author : Kirsti Evans
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004105751
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Epic Narratives in the Hoysaḷa Temples written by Kirsti Evans and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1997 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This contextual study of narrative reliefs depicting Hindu epics and puranas on specific South Indian Hoysal a temples provides a detailed exposition of narrative episodes paired with photographs, illustrating and reviewing the stories and exploring techniques of Indian visual narrative.
Author : Bettina Bäumer
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120814028
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Kalatattvakosa written by Bettina Bäumer and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1996 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : T. Richard Blurton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674391895
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (918 download)
Download or read book Hindu Art written by T. Richard Blurton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the linga of Shiva to ritual lamps, from a Vishnu temple to a heap of stones streaked with sacred vermilion, from illustrations of the epic adventures of Rama to a terracotta goddess figurine, the art Hinduism has inspired over the centuries is as rich and various as the religion itself - and, for most Westerners, as unknown. Hindu Art offers a key to this mystery. A splendid, richly illustrated introduction, the book opens to readers the manifold glories of the religious art of the Indian subcontinent. The narratives that Hindu artists illustrate, the gods they depict, and the forms they observe are the products of thousands of years of tradition and development. In a survey that stretches back to prehistory, T. Richard Blurton discusses religious, cultural and historical influences that figure in Hindu art, as well as those that Hinduism shares with Buddhism and Jainism. Tracing the development of Hindu art, he shows how it has come to embrace the widely varying styles of regions from Nepal to Afghanistan, from Sri Lanka to Bangladesh. Against this historical background, Blurton considers the use of images from the three major cults of Hinduism - the worship of Shiva, Vishnu and the Great Goddess - in painting, sculpture and temple architecture. As fascinating as it is informative, Hindu Art offers invaluable insight into one of the world's great and ancient cultures. It will prove an indispensable resource for anyone with an interest in the art of India.
Author : Hartmut Scharfe
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047401476
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Education in Ancient India written by Hartmut Scharfe and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive survey of all aspects of education in India, both in the oral and written traditions. Chronologically it covers everything from the Vedic period upto the Hindu kingdoms before the establishment of Muslim rule. If relevant, the reader will regularly find sidesteps to modern continuities. The role of the oral tradition and the techniques of memorization are discussed, the education in small private tutorials and the development of large monasteries and temple schools approaching university character. Professional training, the role of the teacher and of foreign languages are dealt with, and the impact of the peculiar features of Indian education on Indian society. The full documentation facilitates quick access to the original sources scholarly literature on Indian education. A true reference work.
Author : Malcolm Keating
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350060739
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy written by Malcolm Keating and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction brings to life the main themes in Indian philosophy of language by using an accessible translation of an Indian classical text to provide an entry into the world of Indian linguistic theories. Malcolm Keating draws on Mukula's Fundamentals of the Communicative Function to show the ability of language to convey a wide range of meanings and introduce ideas about testimony, pragmatics, and religious implications. Along with a complete translation of this foundational text, Keating also provides: - Clear explanations of themes such as reference, figuration and sentence meaning - Commentary illuminating connections between Mukula and contemporary philosophy - Romanized text of the Sanskrit - A glossary of terms and annotated bibliography - A chronology of important figures and dates By complementing a historically-informed introduction with a focused study of an influential primary text, Keating responds to the need for a reliable guide to better understand theories of language and related issues in Indian philosophy.
Author : P. K. Mishra
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170173687
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (736 download)
Download or read book Studies in Hindu and Buddhist Art written by P. K. Mishra and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It Is A Collection Of Thirty Essays On Various Aspects Of Hindu And Buddhist Art And Iconography Contributed By Indian And Foreign Scholars. These Represent Deep Insight And New Interpretation Based On Sound Scholarship And Accounts. While Intended To Commemorate The Loving Memory Of Professor Kalyan Kumar Dasgupta, The Book Is A Fitting Tribute To The Great Savant. Professor P.K. Mishra And Publisher M/S Abhinav Publications Have Spared No Pains To Make It An Outstanding Publication Of The Year
