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Hansha V. Dehejia |
The Advaita of Art |
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| This inquiry is an undertaking to demonstrate that aesthetic experience in the classical Indian tradition, on its own merit, without being subordinated to rituals and practices commonly held under the rubric of religion, is capable of providing a transcendent experience to a prepared aesthete. Dr. Dehejia examines the dynamics of two aesthetics processes, that stemming from aesthetic emotion or rasa and from aesthetic form or rupa, and cogently underpins them within the advaitic epistemology of... |
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Prem Lata Sharma, Ed. |
Brhaddesi of Sri Matanga Muni (Vol.I) |
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| Brhaddesi is a landmark in Sangitasastra for more than one reason. It is the solitary text that forges a link between Natyasastra and Dattilam on the one hand and Abhinava Bharati on the other, the gap extending over more than five hundred years. Its direct influence on later texts like Sangita Ratnakara and its commentaries is obvious in various ways, be it nada from the Tantric stream or the etymology of various terms or the description of ragas. The fact that it is co-eval with the emergence... |
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Prem Lata Sharma, Ed. |
Brhaddesi of Sri Matanga Muni (Vol.II) |
$131.49 $98.62 |
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| Brhaddesi is a landmark in Sangitasastra for more than one reason. It is the solitary text that forges a link between Natyasastra and Dattilam on the one hand and Abhinava Bharati on the other, the gap extending over more than five hundred years. Its direct influence on later texts like Sangita Ratnakara and its commentaries is obvious in various ways, be it nada from the Tantric stream or the etymology of various terms or the description of ragas. The fact that it is co-eval with the emergence... |
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Wayne Howard |
Matralaksanam |
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| The Matralaksanam is one of the most important technical treatises belonging to the Kauthuma---Ranayaniya branch of the Samaveda. Because it deals not merely with textual and notational formation but with teh chants as they are actually sung, the tract stands apart from such works as the Puspasutra and the Pancavidhas
Wayne Howard b. 1942: Ph.D., Indiana University 1975 began his study of the Samaveda in 1970 when he started a fifteen month stay in India as a Fulbright Scholar. The first... |
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Maheswar Neog |
Srihastamuktavali |
$16.67 $12.50 |
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| Many text on music dance and drama continued to be written in different parts of India until the 17th century. Between the 12th and the 16th century regional styles emerged. Medieval texts have been discovered in all parts. One amongst these is the Srihastamuktavali belonging to the eastern tradition.
Dr. Maheswar Neog, a scholar of extraordinary gifts and accomplishments, is the author of over 50 publications and research papers. For nearly 5 decades he has been writing and lecturing on... |
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Dr.Prema Nandakumar |
Mahasaraswati |
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| Dr.Prema Nandakumar`s Critical Studies Include Sri Aurobindo`s Savitri:A Study;T.V.Kapila Sastri; And Kulothungan: A Poet Of Today And Tomorrow. Her English Commentry On Andal`s Tiruppavai Has Been Welcomed By Scholars For Adhering Closely To Traditional Commentries While Bringing In Fresh Insights From Contemporary Writings.A Writer Of Fiction In Tamil And English,One Of Her Collection Of Tamil Short Stories ,Amunda Thuli Uthirndadu,Received The First Prize Awarded By Ramil Nadu Govt. In 1983. |
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Kapila Vatsyayan |
Prakrti the Integral Vision (5 Vols.) |
$166.67 $125.00 |
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| Vol. I: Primal Elements: The Oral Tradition; Vol. II: Vedic Buddhist and Jain Traditions; Vol. III: The Tgamic Tradition and the Arts; Vol. IV: The Nature of Matter; Vol V: Man in Nature.These five volumes explore the concept of the primal elements (sky, air, fire, water and earth) in evolution of civilizations and cultures. They examine their manifestation in Indian arts and their Agamic background among other things. |
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Bettina Baumer |
Kalatattvakosa (Vol. 2): Concepts of Space and Time |
$60.99 $45.74 |
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| Kalatattvakosa series of the IGNCA has endeavoured to evolve an important modern device to grasp the essential thought and knowledge system of the Indian tradition. Through an indepth investigation into the primary sources of various disciplines the series aims at facilitating the reader to comprehend the interlocking of different disciplines. Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan former Academic Director of IGNCA Has provided the conceptual framwork to the whole project. Prof. Ramesh Chandra Sharma a... |
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Bettina Baumer |
Kalatattvakosa (Vol. 3): Primal Elements Mahabhuta |
$125.49 $94.12 |
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| Kalatattvakosa series of the IGNCA has endeavoured to evolve an important modern device to grasp the essential thought and knowledge system of the Indian tradition. Through an indepth investigation into the primary sources of various disciplines the series aims at facilitating the reader to comprehend the interlocking of different disciplines. Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan former Academic Director of IGNCA Has provided the conceptual framwork to the whole project. Prof. Ramesh Chandra Sharma a... |
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Bettina Baumer |
Kalatattvakosa: Manifestation of Nature Srsti Vistara (Vol. 4) |
$28.99 $21.74 |
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| Kalatattvakosa series of the IGNCA has endeavoured to evolve an important modern device to grasp the essential thought and knowledge system of the Indian tradition. Through an indepth investigation into the primary sources of various disciplines the series aims at facilitating the reader to comprehend the interlocking of different disciplines. The present volume: Srsti-Vistara is the fourth in the series. It contains the seminal terms which are complementary to the primal elements (mahabhuta)... |
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Bisnupada Panda |
Palas of Srikavikarna (4 Vols.) |
$76.99 $57.74 |
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S.C. Malik (Ed.) |
Intercultural Dialogue and the Human Image |
$33.33 $25.00 |
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| This book incorporates Prof. Friedman's lectures and discussions that were a part of the Inter-Cultural Dialogue at many levels. His major contribution is in developing an approach that is within the framework of the human image. |
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Baidyanath Saraswati (Ed.) |
Integration of Endogenous Cultural Dimension into Developmen |
$31.11 $23.33 |
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| Questioning modern methods of development, this volume discusses from the complex issues of 'cultural identity' to the worldwide human problems stemming from the development-planners' unmindfulness of endogenous cultures. |
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Baidyanath Saraswati (Ed.) |
The Cultural Dimension of Education |
$38.89 $29.17 |
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| These essays on education, its current status, trends and problems in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Thailand focus on art in the age of science, education's role in promoting peace and the Gandhian system of 'basic education'. |
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Kapila Vatsyayan |
The Square and the Circle of the Indian Arts |
$50.00 $37.50 |
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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy |
The Transformation of Nature in Art |
$19.44 $14.58 |
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Kapila Vatsyayan (Ed.) |
Concepts of Time |
$78.49 $58.87 |
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Kapila Vatsyayan |
Concepts of Space |
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Baidyanath Saraswati |
Interface of Cultural Identity and Development |
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Sukumar Chattopadhyay |
Kalatattvakosa: A Lexicon of Fundamental Concepts of the Indian Arts (Vol.6) |
$57.99 $43.49 |
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| Kalatattvakosa series of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts has endeavored to evolve an important modern device to grasp the essential thought and knowledge system of the Indian artistic and cultural tradition. Through an in-depth investigation into the primary sources of various Ideological disciplines, the series aims at facilitating the reader to comprehend the interdisciplinary approach of Ideological and art historical research. The present volume: Abhasa (Appearance/Symbolic... |
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Kapila Vatsyayan |
Plural Cultures and Monolithic Structures: Comprehending India |
$34.99 $26.24 |
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| The issues enlarged upon in this volume have often been discussed by Dr. Vatsyayan, including the interconnectedness of the arts and the integration of body, mind and senses in the Indian artistic traditions. She pursues the possibility of establishing linkages between the arts, education and the sciences on the one hand, and those between the world of traditional knowledge systems, cultural expression, indigenous languages, and the more structured formal educational systems, on the other,... |
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Kapila Vatsyayan |
The Metaphors of Indian Arts and Other Essays |
$121.99 $91.49 |
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| This anthology is a selection of writings of Dr Kapila Vatsyayan’s nearly four-decade long journey as an art critic and art historian. It reveals the distinct nature of Indian arts from the angle of the world-view in which they emerge. At the same time, it amply shows the theory of art and aesthetics which may enable us to “to see the other traditions of art from our own window”. |
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Kalatattvakosa (Vol.5) |
$55.56 $41.67 |
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| Kalatattvakosa series of the IGNCA has endeavoured to evolve an important modern device to grasp the essential thought and knowledge system of the Indian tradition. Through an indepth investigation into the primary sources of various disciplines the series aims at facilitating the reader to comprehend the interlocking of different disciplines.
Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan former Academic Director of IGNCA Has provided the conceptual framwork to the whole project. Prof. Ramesh Chandra Sharma a... |
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Eberhard Fischer |
Murals for Goddesses and Gods |
$125.00 $93.75 |
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| This monograph is a magnificent document of India's ritual painting, based on systematic study of the osakothi murals of Orissa. It explores the rare, rich and meaningful and fast disappearing ritual art of mural painting. The antiquity of this art can be traced to the prehistoric rock-cave paintings of Mirzapur, Singhapuri, Bhimbetka, Jhiri, and elsewhere in India. A close parallel is seen in the contemporary ritual relating to Rathwa mural paintings.Prefaced by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, a... |
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Bettina Baumer |
Kalatattvakosa (Vol. 1): A Lexicon of fundamental concepts of the Indian Arts |
$41.99 $31.49 |
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| Kalatattvakosa series of the IGNCA has endeavoured to evolve an important modern device to grasp the essential thought and knowledge system of the Indian tradition. Through an indepth investigation into the primary sources of various disciplines the series aims at facilitating the reader to comprehend the interlocking of different disciplines. Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan former Academic Director of IGNCA Has provided the conceptual framwork to the whole project. Prof. Ramesh Chandra Sharma a... |
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