Iconography of Balarāma
Iconography of Balarāma

Author: Nilakanth Purushottam Joshi

Publisher: Abhinav Publications

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9788170171072

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For Comprehensive Study Of Hindu Iconography Minor Divinities Call For Special Attention. Balarama Is One Of Them. Though Accepted On All Hands As The Elder Brother Of Krsna And Sometimes As An Incarnation Of Visnu He Rarely Commands An Independent And Superior Status In Hindu Pantheon. He Finds Mention In The Epics And The Puranas And Is Very Much Known To The Jaina Works Also. In The Fields Of Numismatics And Plastic Art He Has Been Depicted Right From The Early Centuries Of The Pre-Christian Era. The Present Work Intends To Study The Different Iconographic Aspects Of This Minor But Important Deity.

Religious Celebrations [2 volumes]
Religious Celebrations [2 volumes]

Author: Bloomsbury Publishing

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-09-13

Total Pages: 1077

ISBN-13: 1598842064

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This two-volume work presents a comprehensive survey of all the ways people celebrate religious life around the globe. Religious Celebrations is an alphabetically organized encyclopedia that covers more than 800 celebratory occasions from all of the world's major religious communities as well as many of the minor faith traditions. The encyclopedia provides a complete reference tool for examining the myriad ways people worldwide celebrate their religious lives across religious boundaries, providing information on numerous celebratory activities never before covered in a reference work. Offering the most comprehensive coverage of religious holidays ever assembled, this two-volume book covers festivals, commemorations, holidays, and annual religious gatherings all over the world, with special attention paid to the celebrations in larger countries. Entries written by distinguished researchers and specialists on different religious communities capture the unique intensity of each event, be it fasting or feasting, frenzied activity or the universal cessation of work, a huge gathering of the faithful en masse or a small family-centered event. The work spotlights celebrations that currently exist without overlooking now-abandoned celebrations that still impact the modern world.

Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India
Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India

Author: John Guy

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2023-07-17

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1588396932

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A pioneering study of the emergence of Buddhist art in southern India, featuring vibrant photography of rare works, many published here for the first time Named for two primary motifs in Buddhist art, the sacred bodhi tree and the protective snake, Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India is the first publication to foreground devotional works produced in the Deccan from 200 BCE to 400 CE. Unlike traditional narratives, which focus on northern India (where the Buddha was born, taught, and died), this groundbreaking book presents Buddhist art from monastic sites in the south. Long neglected, this is among the earliest surviving bodies of Buddhist art, and among the most sublimely beautiful. An international team of researchers contributes new scholarship on the sculptural and devotional art associated with Buddhism, and masterpieces from recently excavated Buddhist sites are published here for the first time—including Kanaganahalli and Phanigiri, the most important new discoveries in a generation. With its exploration of Buddhism’s emergence in southern India, as well as of India’s deep commercial and cultural engagement with the Hellenized and Roman worlds, this definitive study expands our understanding of the origins of Buddhist art itself.

Delights and Disquiets of Leisure in Premodern India
Delights and Disquiets of Leisure in Premodern India

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2023-12-30

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9394701281

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Leisure is a corollary to pleasure. Essays in this historical exploration trace how leisure and recreation were often imagined and celebrated during premodern times, from the ancient to the precolonial period. This book takes into account the differential access to leisure and pleasure based on class and gender where masculinity is projected through manly sports and femininity though beauty and indulgence in the projection of recreation, entertainment and luxury. The counter-discourse representing labour for those who cater for this leisure is invisibilized as is their transactional nature. The volume dwells on the attitudes, prescribed and proscribed, and brings to the fore the differences across religious ideologies such as Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jaina and Muslim in various periods. Further it looks at leisure in the various classes and cultural spaces such as the elite, women, the king in the bed chamber, the court with dancing girls, public areas such as orchards and gardens and performance spaces.

Buddhist Landscapes in Central India
Buddhist Landscapes in Central India

Author: Julia Shaw

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-08-12

Total Pages: 1029

ISBN-13: 1315432633

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The “monumental bias” of Buddhist archaeology has hampered our understanding of the socio-religious mechanisms that enabled early Buddhist monks to establish themselves in new areas. To articulate these relationships, Shaw presents here the first integrated study of settlement archaeology and Buddhist history, carried out in the area around Sanchi, a Central Indian UNESCO World Heritage site. Her comprehensive, data-rich, and heavily illustrated work provides an archaeological basis for assessing theories regarding the dialectical relationship between Buddhism and surrounding lay populations. It also sheds light on the role of the introduction of Buddhism in changing settlement patterns.This volume was originally published in 2007 by the British Association of South Asian Studies.

Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture
Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture

Author: Lavanya Vemsani

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2016-06-13

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 161069211X

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Krishna is a central figure in Hinduism, a religion that has been a fundamental force for thousands of years. This accessible encyclopedia covers texts, practices, scholarship, and arts related to Krishna from the earliest known sources on. As Eastern religions and related practices such as yoga become increasingly popular, there is a need for resources that explain where these practices come from and what they mean. This is one of those works. Krishna is central to Hindu philosophy, theology, art, architecture, and literature, and an understanding of Krishna will give students greater understanding of the role of Hinduism around the world. Yet this isn't just a book on religion. The encyclopedia also provides insights into Indian and world history and into contemporary concerns, fostering respect for religious and cultural diversity. Entries on a wide range of subjects related to Krishna cover India and other places where major Krishna religious centers and temples are established worldwide. Articles draw from classical Indian sources dating back as far as 1300 BCE and from folk and worldwide literature, including mythology from Jainism and Buddhism. The book's alphabetical organization, cross references in each entry that highlight related entries and further readings, and topical and thematic lists will facilitate in-depth research.

Indian Sculpture: Circa 500 B.C.-A.D. 700
Indian Sculpture: Circa 500 B.C.-A.D. 700

Author: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1986-01-01

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780520059917

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The sheer wealth and dizzying diversity of Indian sculpture are celebrated in this second volume of the catalogue raisonne of the Los Angeles County Museum's collection. Nearly two hundred sculptures produced during eleven centuries are described. Of these, one-quarter of the pieces are part of the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, while the remaining three-quarters have been acquired since 1970. This splendid collection, while not representing all the major styles of sculpture that flourished on the Indian subcontinent from 700-1900, is certainly one of the most comprehensive among American and European museums. Included are stone, metal, ivory, and wood sculptures from fourteen states and territories of India and from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Organized by regions--Central and Western, Eastern, and Southern India, and the Northwest--the catalogue contains detailed descriptions and illustrations of the 188 sculptures, many with details or multiple views, for a total of 259 illustrations--251 in duotone and halftone and 8 in color.

Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Encyclopedia of Hinduism

Author: Constance Jones

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 593

ISBN-13: 0816075646

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An illustrated A to Z reference containing more than 700 entries providing information on the theology, people, historical events, institutions and movements related to Hinduism.