Myths and symbols in Indian art and civilization / Heinrich Zimmer ; edited by Joseph Campbell.

By:

Zimmer, Heinrich Robert, 1890-1943 [author.]

Contributor(s):

Campbell, Joseph [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Bollingen Series ; 6. | Works by Heinrich ZimmerPublication details: [Princeton, N.J.] : Princeton University Press, c2017.Description: xiii, 248 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

volume

Carrier type:

unmediated

ISBN:

0691176043
9780691176048
069109800X
9780691098005
1400866847
9781400866847
9780691212012
0691212015

Other title:

Princeton Classics Ser
Works by Heinrich Zimmer

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

BL 2003 Z56 2017

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Editor's Foreword; Contents; List of Plates; I Eternity and Time; 1. The Parade of Ants; 2. The Wheel of Rebirth; 3. The Wisdom of Life; II The Mythology of Vishnu; 1. Vishnu's Māyā; 2. The Waters of Existence; 3. The Waters of Non-Existence; 4. Māyā in Indian Art; III The Guardians of Life; 1. The Serpent, Supporter of Vishnu and the Buddha; 2. Divinities and their Vehicles; 3. The Serpent and the Bird; 4. Vishnu as Conqueror of the Serpent; 5. The Lotus; 6. The Elephant; 7. The Sacred Rivers; IV The Cosmic Delight of Shiva.

1. The "Fundamental Form" and the "Playful Manifestations"2. The Phenomenon of Expanding Form; 3. Shiva-Shakti; 4. The Great Lord; 5. The Dance of Shiva; 6. The Face of Glory; 7. The Destroyer of the Three Towns; V The Goddess; 1. The Origin of The Goddess; 2. The Island of Jewels; VI Conclusion; Index; Plates.

Summary: This book interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India's legend, myth, and folklore, taken directly from the Sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian art. It is primarily an introduction to image-thinking and picture-reading in Indian art and thought, and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of life and death recognizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	TUP Manila Library	General Circulation Section-GF	BL 2003 Z56 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P00031046

This book interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India's legend, myth, and folklore, taken directly from the Sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian art. It is primarily an introduction to image-thinking and picture-reading in Indian art and thought, and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of life and death recognizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.