A K Bhattacharyya
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Thailand is known to the world outside as a Buddhist country. Yet it is also true that there is an undercurrent of Hinduism among a widely distributed section of the population. While Buddhism in the land is inspired by the north-western neighbour, Mayanmar, perhaps a stronger influence from her eastern neighbour, Campuchea, by political and cultural conquests, is of no less importance. It is thus that the principal Hindu Trinity, and by degrees, the subsidiaries ...
Since I wrote my magnum opus titled A Corpus of Dedicatory Inscriptions from Temples of West Bengal, a study of the Sanskrit inscriptional material on the temples in the late medieval Calcutta remained a desideratum. Having been engaged on the study and publication of the iconographic material in other religious areas I had to postpone my studies on the temples of Calcutta. In resuming my attention to these valuable sources, I selected the Sanskrit inscriptions ...
The art of ivory is one of those branches of aesthetic productions in India that not only charms the elite and the erudite but also the common folk of the country. In India so far though no comprehensive treatise with any historical and continuous narrative tracing the development of the art with any copious illustrations of the carvings produced, has been attempted, yet a few essays, highly informative by Moti Chandra, Stella Kramrisch, Ajit Ghosh, and others ...
The present work, the fruit of labours, both intellectual and, to a large extent, physical, over the years, covers a subject of immense value. To scholars- historians, epigraphists and those interested in a study of the continued traditions of the country down into the late medieval period, this Corpus of inscriptions, in Sanskrit, Old Bengali, and Oriya, on temples distributed over ten districts of the present day West Bengal, presents a treasure-house of ...
A Commemoration Volume in Celebration of the Birth Centenary of Swami PrajnananandaDedicated to the hallowed memory of the erudite monk Swami Prajnanananda Ex-President, Sri Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Kolkatta, the selected collection of Research Articles by more than seventy scholars is presented as a humble tribute to him in celebration of his hundredth Birthday. With a number of articles on the life and spiritual legacy of him and his great preceptors, Sri ...
This Book in twelve chapters under two Sections the treatise presents the panorama of Jaina icons in their age-long growth, often with reference to comparable and borrowed concepts from the cognate faiths, Brahmanism and Buddhism. Though Jainism subjects in the belief in man’s elevation and emancipation by himself, and therefore, has very Little, the Tirthankaras, yet in the ages that followed, there grew quite a large number of icons with ...
The book presented here in ten chapters and an important Appendix contains not only general surveys of the coin-systems in India but also some studies of important aspwcts of the coins issued from the 8th or 7th century B.C. down almost to the present times. Some of the interpretative essays apart, compositional excellences of the legends and artistic achievements in the issues have been discussed in extensor. An additional mertt of the book consists in laying ...
The official study of Perso-Arabic epigraphy of the erstwhile Indian Sub-Continent commenced with the early years of this century, precisely from after being so published from 1907 A.D. onwards. Besides, publication of these records, in situ on mosques, mausoleums and other religious or secular edifices, was taken up by academic bodies in some parts of the land on their own initiative. Yet, except for their decipherment and translations, and in very many cases, ...
Japan’s iconographical material covers Buddhism, Shintoism and a few other smaller sects in that country. Yet, Buddhist Iconography sculptural and in painting constitutes by far the greatest in number and variety. In that, however, sculptural art occupies the most part. Further, again, wood sculpture in that land of wood-yielding vegetation, forms the greater measure of iconographic material. In fact, Japan is not so fortunate in the availability of stone that ...
Illustrations of Buddhist iconography are available in almost all published works on the collection of museums in countries professing Buddhism. These materials are important for study and research by scholars not only in those lands themselves but by others throughout the world. In these days of global intercommunication this has become more apparent. Yet the relevant collections are not easily available except by personal visit which, again, is not easy to ...
Beginning with Theravada which formed the core of Hinayana, Thailand in the South-East Asian region formed a strong-hold of Buddhism and remained so till it gave way to Mahayana though in a very small measure. Buddhism in Thai conception is primarily and mostly the adortion to the personal image of Buddha. Sthaviras in this land are the predominant part of Buddhist congregation and naturally, therefore, Buddhist art and iconography is centred round ...
The collection of studies of Indian and East Asian Art and Iconography is a considerable assemblage of essays. Though it deals with selected topics relating to iconographic and archaeological art, it touches, sporadically though, almost the entire range of Indian art-history and salient periods of East Asia. Nonetheless, the treatment although and documented. Though by character the studies are not an all-inclusive one, they afford a glimpse of ...