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Fredrick W. Bunce |
Mudras in Buddhist and Hindu Practices: An Iconographic Consideration |
$98.95 $74.21 |
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Mudras occupy an important place in Buddhist and Hindu religious practices as these signify special meanings, associated with specific divinities and rites, which cannot be represented any other way. This book is a dictionary of mudras, deity-centred, rite-centred, yogic-centred, and so on – illustrating each with a simple drawing drawn generally from the perspective of one holding the mudra. It contains detailed notes that give numerous references to literary and other sources that reveal a... |
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Fredrick W. Bunce |
The Yantras of Deities and their Numerological Foundations |
$93.99 $70.49 |
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Hinduism is known for the bewildering profusion of its deities, who are represented not only in two or three dimensional anthropomorphic images, but also in abstract configurations, known as yantras.
In yantras is, thus, seen almost a parallel with the surfeit of deities in Hindu tradition. Literally meaning an ‘instrument’, ‘apparatus’ or a ‘talisman’, yantra is a kind of mystical diagram used, in tantra, for both meditation and invoking a divinity, and is believed to... |
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Fredrick W. Bunce |
Royal Palaces, Residences and Pavilions of India |
$72.22 $54.17 |
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Fredrick W. Bunce |
An Encyclopedia of Buddhist Deities, Demigods, Godlings, Saints and Demons (2 Vols.) |
$250.00 $187.50 |
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With about 8,000 articles, this Encyclopaedia presents a panorama of Buddhist deities, demigods, godlings, demons--the whole range of good and evil forces--with the spotlight on the concretized, recognizable forms and their subtle symbolism. |
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Fredrick W. Bunce |
An Encyclopedia of the Hindu Deities, Demi-gods, Godlings, Demons and Heors (3 Vols.) |
$347.22 $260.42 |
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Vol. 1: Text; Vol. 2: Appendices; Vol. 3: PlatesIt studies iconic representations of gods, godlings, demons, witches and tyrants of Hindu mythology, focussing on the concretized form of each pantheonic figure and exploring the iconic language of Hindu images. |
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Fredrick W. Bunce |
A Dictionary of Buddhist and Hindu Iconography |
$66.67 $50.00 |
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This Dictionary attempts to reveal the `divine paradoxes' of Buddhist-Hindu iconography by even interpreting the nuances of their iconic language. It explains, vividly, thousands of iconic representations (visual, conceptual symbols, images, objects, concepts, rites). |
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Lokesh Chandra |
The Tibetan Iconography of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Deiti es |
$311.11 $233.33 |
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A brilliant, collaborated academic venture of the two internationally distinguished scholars: Professors Lokesh Chandra and Fredrick W. Bunce, this book is an altogether fresh attempt to draw together the varying forms and manifestations of the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, tantric and tutelary deities, arhats, sages, teachers, and many dharmapalas or protective deities that constitute Chou Fo P'u-sa Sheng Hsiang Tsan--aptly called a unique pantheon. The first ever to set out all the 360 wood-cut... |
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Fredrick W. Bunce |
Numbers |
$21.49 $16.12 |
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The present book highlights the true iconograpic import of numbers/numerology in Hindu and Buddhist practices--bringing out, in detail, the unique properties of each iconographically significant number: ranged between 'one' (1) and 'one thousand twenty four' (1024). Professor Bunce here perceives 'numerology' not as the arcane or occult science, but as an academic proposition concerned with the ethos of numbers and the genesis of their importance within the Hindu and Buddhist art, particularly... |
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Fredrick W. Bunce |
The Iconography of Architectural Plans |
$111.11 $83.33 |
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Here is the first ever effort to brilliantly unravel the iconic idiom involved in the architectural plans of Buddhist and Hindu temples and monuments of India and the "Indianized" States of Southeast Asia. |
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