Download or read book Panorama of Jain Art South India written by C. Sivaramamurti and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Panorama of Jain Art written by Calambur Sivaramamurti and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Panorama of Jain Art written by C. Sivaramamurti and published by . This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Carving Devotion in the Jain Caves at Ellora written by Lisa Owen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on art historical, epigraphical, and textual evidence, this book is the first full-scale reconstruction of medieval Jain activities at Ellora. It not only highlights the understudied Jain caves, but examines them in concert with Ellora's Hindu and Buddhist monuments.
Download or read book Jaina r pa ma ana written by Umakant Premanand Shah and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The JAINA-RUPA-MANDANA Volume I is an authentic work on Jaina iconography from the pen of a well-known authority on the subject, Dr. Umakant P.Shah, an eminent Indologist and art-historian with specialization in Jaina art and literature. Illustrated profusely with over two hundred monochrome plates, the work is a standard textbook and a very useful guide to all students in Indian art and archaeology and to Museum Curators. The work is supplemented with a large number of iconographic tables for images of all important Jaina gods and goddesses. Dr. Shah, the author, has for the first time given solutions to various basis problems of Jaina iconography supported with ample evidence from both archaeology and literature including unpublished original texts still in manuscripts.
Download or read book Jaina Shrines in India written by O. P. TANDON and published by Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. This book was released on 1986 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will help create in its readers a thirst for a closer study and a greater understanding of the spiritual geniuses of Jainism.
Download or read book Puja and Piety written by Pratapaditya Pal and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-04-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanies the exhibition presented at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, April 17-July 31, 2016.
Download or read book India Today written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Peaceful Liberators written by Pratapaditya Pal and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jainism originates in India where it has been practised since the 6th century BC. The Jains have produced a diverse range of art that has been little known in the West. This volume is illustrated with examples from all ages, offering a comprehensive introduction to the art of the Jains and an insight into the practices, principles and beliefs of the religion. Pratapaditya Pal describes the different forms of art produced in each period: temples and shrines, wood, stone and bronze, illuminated manuscripts, monumental cloth paintings, architectural reliefs and votive tablets. The volume also includes an examination of Jain ritual and philosophical thought, an entertaining account of Jain pilgrimages and overviews of Jain cosmological painting and manuscript illustration.
Download or read book Essays on Jaina Art written by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy and published by Manohar Publishers and Distributors. This book was released on 2003 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteenth In The Series Of Collected Works Of Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy In The Ignca'S Publication Programme, This Volume Deals With His Contribution To The Study Of Jaina Art.
Download or read book Donors Devotees and Daughters of God written by Leslie C. Orr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-03-09 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the use of epigraphical evidence, Leslie C. Orr brings into focus the activities and identities of the temple women (devadasis) of medieval South India. This book shows how temple women's initiative and economic autonomy involved them in medieval temple politics and allowed them to establish themselves in roles with particular social and religious meanings. This study suggests new ways of understanding the character of the temple woman and, more generally, of the roles of women in Indian religion and society.
Download or read book M rg written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Jains written by Paul Dundas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tenet involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world's oldest and least-understood faiths. Dundas looks at Jainism in its social and doctrinal context, explaining its history, sects, scriptures and ritual, and describing how the Jains have, over 2500 years, defined themselves as a unique religious community. This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism.
Download or read book Studies in Jaina Art and Iconography and Allied Subjects in Honour of Dr U P Shah written by R. T. Vyas and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Present Volume Is Published By The Oriental Institute, M.S. University Of Baroda In Sacred Memory Of Late Dr. U.P. Shah, Ex-Deputy Director And General Editor, Ramayana Deptt. Of The Institute. It Contains Research Articles Specially Written By Scholar-Friends Of Dr. Shah From The World Over, Ranging From Jaina Philosophy, Jaina Iconography, Art-History To Indian Literature In General, As His Interest Too Ranged To All The Afore-Mentioned Subjects. As Will Be Evident From The Life-Sketch And The Bibliography Of His Works, Dr. Shah Made An Impact In The Field Of Jaina Iconography And Art-History, Though He Handled, With Equal Felicity, Subjects Related To Oriental Studies. Some Of The Articles Appearing In This Volume Break New Ice Regarding Certain Knotty Points Of Jaina Philosophical Thought And Religious Practices. It Would Be Helpful To View The Contents Of This Volume From The Standpoint Of Long, Mutual Affinity And Correlatedness Of The Ancient Vedic And Jaina Traditions That Flourished Coevally Over A Great Stretch Of Time In This Country Of Uncommon Tolerance And Understanding Of Opposing Ideas And Ideals, Evincing Brilliant Insights Into The Problems Of Being And Consciousness Ever Probed By Human Mind. The Methodology Of Symbolical Representation Of Transcendental Principles And Perceptions Evolved In Both Jaina And Brahmanical Traditions Of Thought Is Well-Documented In This Volume, Which Will Prove To Be A Treasure For The Students Of Oriental Studies In General And Indology In Particular
Download or read book A Comprehensive History of India written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Approaches to Jaina Studies written by Narendra K. Wagle and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
