Kubera: God of Many Hues

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Kubera, Lord of Yakshas, is a multi – hued god with numerous legends associated with him. Starting with the birth of Kubera, this fascinating study traces the various legends associated with Kubera abd their iconographic delineation, the integration and parallel of Kubera in Buddhism and Jainism, his representation in the other countries of Asia and in the different part of India and so on.

This Book, from the pen of the author of highly acclaimed book From Ogress to Goddess – Hariti, A Buddhist Deity, is an exhaustive treatment of Kubera and an excellent addition to Indian iconographic studies.

Contents: Kubera: God of Many Hues; Legends of Kubera: in word and in stone; Dikpala Kubera: Guardian of the Noth; Jainism: Enter the Sasandevatas; Buddhist Kubera: Close but not a clone; Kubera’s Vimana Flies to Asia; Marks of Kubera: The Personification of Good Fortune; God Materials: From Clay to Gold; Up the ladder of the God.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Madhurika K. Maheshwari

Madhurika K. Maheshwari, a 1962 Arts Graduate from Calcutta University, specialised in Hindi. She followed up with a Visharada degree in Hindi from Allahabad University. Her command over the language was put to good use when she began to adept and translate English plays into Hindi- what’s more these plays were staged successfully all over India. Married to internationally-Known numismatist Dr. K.K. Maheshwari, Madhurika continued to nurture her interest in history and even more so, mythology, even as she was occupied as housewife and mother. While her first publication is centred on the Buddhist Goddess Hariti, she has already begun work on the second: a companion volume on Hariti’s consort, Kubera.