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Buddhist Art (2 Vols)

Meena V. Talim, Buddhist World Press, 2014, xiv, 452 p, 2 Vols, ISBN : 9789380852386, $130.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)

Buddhist Art (2 Vols)

Contents: Vol. I: Foreword. A. Characteristics: 1. Primordial philosophy in the Buddhist art. 2. Salient feature of Buddhist art. 3. Symbolism in early Buddhist art. 4. Philosophical impact on the Buddhist art. 5. Love of one’s country in Mathuran art. 6. A Thematic study in Buddhist art. 7. References to Achaemenians in the Buddhist scriptures and in Buddhist art. 8.  Changes in the literary and art traditions. 9. A feminine beauty in the Buddhist literature.  B. Cave Paintings: 10. Ajanta paintings and the jataka tales. 11. Non-Jataka tales in Ajanta paintings. 12. Jatakas in Ajanta and Bagh paintings-a comparative study. 13. The Misinterpreted Jatakas of the Ajanta Caves. 14. The Misidentified paintings of the Ajanta caves. 15. The wheel of law of causation in Ajanta painting. 16. Valedictory address. 17. King Asoka in Ajanta caves. 18. Heras memorial lectures 2008 presidential address.

Vol. II: C. Rock-cut-Sculpture: 1. Buddhist Rock-cut-Architecture: Its technique. 2. Rise and fall of Mahakali (Kondivite Caves). 3. Rock-cut caves of Pitalkhora. 4. Contribution of the Buddhist literature and Samgha to Rock-cut architecture of western India. 5. Graeco-Buddhist sculptures in the Heras Institute-I. 6. Graeco-Buddhist sculptures in the Heras Institute-II Amrapali. 7. The conversion of Uruvilva-Kasyapa (A sculpture in the Heras Museum). 8. Buddhist art in Gandhara sculptures.  9. On the Buddha image. 10. Persians in Indian Buddhist Art. 11. Sculptures of Buddha in different schools of Buddhist art. 12. Mahamaya, the mother of the Buddha and her forms in sculptural art. 13. Vedic Gods in Buddhist sculptures. 14. Buddhist art: Transition from Hinayana to Mahayana. D. Garden Architecture:  15. Ancient Indian Parks-I, Jetavana. 16. Ancient Indian Parks-Part II. 17. Forests, Ponds and Sanctuaries II in Ancient India. 18. Admiration of nature in the Psalms of Buddhist monks.

The two volumes present a comprehensive study of Buddhist art, taking it up under different sections: the general characteristics of the art, cave paintings, rock-cut sculpture and garden architecture. They deal with the salient features of the Buddhist art, highlighting changes in the literary and art traditions, feminine beauty in the Buddhist literature and love of one’s place as expressed in the art of Mathura. They take up the cave paintings of Ajanta, both the Jataka and non-Jataka paintings, and the Bagh paintings for detailed study. They examine the rock-cut cave architecture of Pitalkhora, Buddhist art in Gandhara sculptures, the sculptures of different schools of Buddhist art and depiction of Vedic gods in Buddhist sculptures. They view the ancient Indian parks, forests, ponds and sanctuaries in ancient India, examining information available in the psalms of Buddhist monks.

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