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9780691017785

Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization

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  • ISBN13:

    9780691017785

  • ISBN10:

    0691017786

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1972-05-01
  • Publisher: Bollingen Foundation

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Summary

This book interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India's legend, myth, and folklore, taken directly from the Sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian art. It is primarily an introduction to image-thinking and picture-reading in Indian art and thought, and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of life and death recognizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.

Table of Contents

List of Plates
ix
Eternity and Time
The Parade of Ants
3(8)
The Wheel of Rebirth
11(8)
The Wisdom of Life
19(4)
The Mythology of Vishnu
Vishnu's Maya
23(4)
The Waters of Existence
27(8)
The Waters of Non-Existence
35(18)
Maya in Indian Art
53(6)
The Guardians of Life
The Serpent, Supporter of Vishnu and the Buddha
59(10)
Divinities and their Vehicles
69(3)
The Serpent and the Bird
72(5)
Vishnu as Conqueror of the Serpent
77(13)
The Lotus
90(12)
The Elephant
102(7)
The Sacred Rivers
109(14)
The Cosmic Delight of Shiva
The ``Fundamental Form'' and the ``Playful Manifestations''
123(7)
The Phenomenon of Expanding Form
130(7)
Shiva-Shakti
137(11)
The Great Lord
148(3)
The Dance of Shiva
151(24)
The Face of Glory
175(10)
The Destroyer of the Three Towns
185(4)
The Goddess
The Origin of The Goddess
189(8)
The Island of Jewels
197(20)
Conclusion
217(6)
Index 223(26)
Plates 249

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