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Passion for ancient art form, especially tribal art, their life & culture of different provinces of India always accompanied him as splash and swish of oars accompany the boat man, has been holding his hand like an affectionate father and guided him to places to see and collect or take photographs of naive creations. Not being a student of art or art history not having any formal training in social or cultural anthropology he had to roam around the periphery ...
The field of Indian Arts and Aesthetics is like a vast ocean of wonders. Within that, the platform of Dance is an equally intimidating field. There are several under currents within that never ending perennial flow, which interact and interconnect on many levels. A serious student of dance scholarship, however does not fail to understand that even though all these platforms may categorically differ from each other, essentially their foundational structure is the ...
The object of this thesis is an analytical study of the Udana, especially from the standpoint of aesthetics. True that the Tipitaka, that enshrines in it the Buddhavacana, is on the surface primarily, an untold treasure of philosophical truths, religious deliberations, ethical arguments, sociological prescriptions and so on. In short it compasses every conceivable topic that is relevant to man and his thoughts. But such a monument of human thought ...
The Sukraniti of Sukracarya is said to be the essence (sara) of the whole Nitisastra and is an extensive argumentative thesis (tarkavistrtam) compiled for the purpose of the increase of prosperity of the rulers. The present text furnishes us with the seven angas or seven factors of the State and in this respect the author promotes unique views and information on several aspects of society and administration. The text has dealt with both political and ...