K Krishna Murthy
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The glimpses of art, architecture and culture of ancient India are alluring and multi-faceted. It is the complex of ideas, perceptions and developed aesthetics that exist generally in Indian culture. Schematically presented, they build up in retrospect picturesque panorama of Indian culture of the past days. The present book embodies selective research papers of Dr. Krishna Murthy diversifying various aspects of the subject, written with wonted scholarship and ...
This volume applies modern quantitative techniques to the meaningful analysis of economic policy, economic forecasting, and scientific quantification of economic relationships. The essays deal with issues in policy modelling for the Indian economy with respect to: price behaviour, growth scenarios, monetary policy, business cycles, debt management, exchange rate and trade flows, and consumption behaviour. In highlighting effective macroeconomic modelling ...
Dictionary of Medical Archaeology is a long felt desiredatum. As far back 1914 Jurgen Thorwald wrote a book wherein he laid his emphasis in comprehending the medical lore with the help of archaeology. The present book Dictionary of Medical Archaeology in a sense is a continuation of the past research and implicit updating the subject in a different angle. Without laying any claim to its absolute completeness, Prof. Krishna Murthy with his erudite scholarship and ...
This book entitled "Early Indian Secular Architecture is an outcome of a comprehensive study of the secular architecture in its magnitude. A fascinating study as this, is the first of its kind on the subject in its entirety and offers an authentic account of the secular architecture during the period from 2nd Century B.C. to 6th - 7th Centuries A.D. The book is divided into various chapters highlighting the enormous details of each item of the architectural ...
India is a land of hair-styles. In no other country. Has so much imagination, thought and artistic genius bent lent to devising hair-style as in India. This is apparent from the rich and kaleidoscopic variety of coiffures, delineated in the whole range of early Indian plastic art. The present book is a study of the different varieties of hair-style, as reflected in the early Indian art. The author has examined the sculptures of Barhut, Sanchi, Amaravati, ...
The study of the iconography of the tantric deity Heruka is winsome and alluring. This book is a comprehensive account of the iconography of Heruka justifiably adducing literary and sculptural data thereby rendering authenticity. The relatively between these literary sources and the actual images has been shown aptly by citing examples in all ingenuity. This book is indubitably a notable contribution to the Buddhist iconographical study-the outcome of devoted ...
The present book embodies selective in depth research papers of Dr. Krishna Murthy diversifying various aspects of the subject, written with wonted scholarship and sensitivity. Dr. Krishna Murthy has admirably discussed in this book many intricate and fascinating topics of varied interests. He has brilliantly examined nerve topics like quintessence of Buddhism, the Buddhist pathway to perfection etc. The exhilarating topics like Buddhist ideologies transmuted in ...
Ancient Buddhist literature contains mine of information as regards to the Buddhist terms and terminologies. The need for a dictionary of the Buddhist terms was felt as far back of Nagarjuna's time and he compiled a list of technical terms. His kosa solved difficulties experienced by the students of Buddhist studies to understand Buddhist literature. Being on the work of Nagarjuna Prof. Max Muller has edited the work of his student Kenjiu Kasawara on the subject ...
Sanchi, the ancient Sahghardma (in District Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, well-known for its magnificient Buddhist edifices Stupas, temples, monasteries and memorial pillars, has been attracting the attention of the art lovers and the archaeologists alike ever since its rediscovery by General Tyior in 1818. The tremendous wealth of figural and decorative carvings is superb and amazingly varied. The artistic, religious and iconographic wealth in the early sculptures of ...
The spread of the Buddhist religion brought spiritual unity to most parts of Asia. Extending far beyond its origins in India, Buddhism also exerted an artistic influence which was effective in diverse cultures, where it gave rise to the parallel creations in architecture and figural imagery. The study of Indian Buddhism indeed is winsome and alluring. The present book Mirrors of Indian Buddhism admirably discusses such fascinating topic of varied interests ...
Indian culture, so ancient and so renowned has many facets. It is the complex of ideas, conceptions, developed qualities and organized relationships and courtesies that exist generally in the society. Culture is no more and no less than the art of living an enlightened life. The present book “Mirrors of Indian Culture†written in a lucid style, highlights the various aspects of Indian culture of the proceeding and succeeding centuries of the Christian era. ...
The Nolambas who flourished during 8th to 10th centuries A.D. were known for their architectural grandeur and played a vital role in the development of temple architecture in India. Sculptors of this period were known for their artistic skill, profound acclimatization of the Silpa sastras, high sense of geometry and in exhaustible aesthetic sense. The artistic, religious and iconographic wealth in the Nolamba sculptures are an almost inexhaustive and perennial ...
These selective research papers, build up in retrospect a picturesque panorama of the social life led by the people of ancient India. This book discusses forts, town planning, etc., divulging their ancient constructional ways. Equally brilliant are the subjects like festivals, horticulture, surgery, dice play, etc. In the chapter on festivals, the various ancient festivals are highlighted, some of which have survived even to this day. Similarly, another ...
This imposing book Archaeology of Things has delved deep in the study of the prehistoric world, and the great ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, and India. Dr. Murthy with his immaculate scholarship and scientific sensitivity has marshalled the study of the subjects like pottery, bronze, iron, glass, dwellings, musical instruments, sport devices, writing materials, medical lore and the like of the ancient period. The acumen of the book is highly ...
In the present book an endeavour has been made by us to delineate the life and death of the Buddha uthenticating with Pali and Samskrt ratifications. Relevant data for this book has been ably marshalled from the literary citations thereby paving substratum to understand the great teacher in the right perspective and to fabricate the life and cessation of the Buddha on equitable and syllogistic rounds. In the preparation of this book we have to dive deep into the ...
The impact of Buddhism on the Japanese archipelago is astounding and the study of Buddhism in Japan is fascinating. The immense wealth of Buddhist art of Japan is pregnant with complex symbolism. The chapter on Buddhist sects in Japan is superb, and the philosophical inquiry expounding Japanese Buddhism absorbing.
In this book, a comprehensive account of Buddhism in Tibet is given, drawing from Tibetan literary sources, supplemented and supported by other relevant sources from India, China, Nepal, etc. thereby rendering authenticity. The book contains chapters on pre-Buddhist Tibet, advent of Buddhism and Buddhist sects, the contribution of Indian teachers towards Buddhism in Tibet, and the like.
The Buddhist literature is enormous and immeasurable and its literary Personalities are numerous. The mine of information couched there-in is astounding and fervent. The present book Dictionary of Buddhist Literature and Literary Personalities'claims in a sense an after piece to Prof. Dr. Krishna Murthy's research on diverse aspects of Buddhism. The splendid book remains an outcome of the result after a long spell of time, however, without laying any claim to its ...