A L Srivastava
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This volume in hand presents consolidated account of icons of Visnuy, Brahma, Surya, Lokapalas/Dikpalas, Upadevas and deva-pattas with their locations, brief descriptions, notable features along with allied references in Vedas, Epics, Puranasw, Classical works and folk traditions.
A number of unique, rare and uncommon sculptures of extraordinary iconographic and cultural interest lie hidden in museums, sculptural-sheds, private collections and temples. Some of them received attention of scholars whose studies resulted in their identification and appeared in Research Journals, Survey Reports, Proceedings of Conferences and Special Volumes published in India and abroad. But due to lack of communication, language problems, non-availability of ...
Indian Sculpture is well known for its multi-faceted meanings. Although most of the divine sculptures have been found in accordance with their norms contained in textual literature or their stories and episodes available in religious myths, yet, in some cases we encounter with some uncommon or unusual features in a figure, which are neither supported by the canonical injunctions nor by any mythological narrations, and thus they pose difficulty in identifying the ...
Silpa-Sri: Studies in Indian Art and Culture is a collection of twentyfive papers of Dr. A.L. Srivastava throwing light on various aspects of Indian art, namely the painting, sculpture, architecture, iconography, epigraphy, numismatics and ivory. Some of these papers are based on new discoveries compelling us to change our previous hypothesis. New interpretation are the central idea of some other papers. Identification of Sri-Laksmi and her various forms in ...