Each region of India is a land in its own right, with diverse languages, customs, and cultural traditions. Yet shared social systems, firmly grounded in Hindu religious beliefs, provide the cohesive force that unites over a billion people of different backgrounds. This dictionary provides an unrivaled insight to all aspects of Hindu life with illustrated entries that elucidate the history of Hi…
This volume presents 150 objects of Hindu and Buddhist iconography from the Bassoul Collection of Southeast Asian art. There are accounts of Hinduism and Hindu art, of the Buddha story and the spread of Buddhism and Buddhist art in Southeast Asia, all written for the art lover, as well as explanatory commentaries, provenance details and colour plates for each of the artifacts.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\…
I. Intruduction pg. 1-5\r\nII. Iconographic gleanings from Benedictory Verses pg. 6-11\r\nIII. Siva and his popular iconographic forms as revealed in the verses from epigraphic records and anthologies pg. 12-59\r\nIV. Visnu and his popular incarnations as witnessed by the Verses from epigrahs pg. 60-75\r\nV. Poetic-fancies on parallel and other aspects of Hindu iconography pg. 76-95