Kalatattvakosa : A Lexicon of Fundamental Concepts of the Indian Arts,
Vol. VI. Appearance/Symbolic Form: Abhasa/edited by Sukumar Chattopadhyay and
Narasingha Charan Panda. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2008, xxxiv, 460 p., 34
ills., ISBN 81-208-3286-2.
Contents: Introduction. 1. Abhasa/Prithvi Kumar Agrawala. 2. Sadrsya-Sarupya/Vidya Nivas Misra. 3. Anukarana/Anukrti/Anukirtana/Anamika Roy. 4. Chaya/Sukumar Chattopadhyay. 5. Bimba-pratibimba/Puspa Tiwari. 6. Linga/Prithvi Kumar Agrawala. 7. Pada/Radhavallabh Tripathi. 8. Vrtti-riti/Biswanath Bhattacharya and Narasingha Ch. Panda. Bibliography. Index. Bibliography. Index.
"Kalatattvakosa series of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the arts has endeavoured to evolve an important modern device to grasp the essential thought and knowledge system of the Indian artistic and cultural tradition. Through an in-depth investigation into the primary sources of various indological disciplines, the series aims at facilitating the reader to comprehend the interdisciplinary approach of Indological and arthistorical research. The present volume: Abhasa (Appearance/Symbolic form) is the sixth manifestation of the series devoted to key concepts of Indian art and deals with the abstract or symbolic forms containing closely related eight terms where the basic concept of abhasa, appearance or seemliness or reflection is inherent. Abhasa helps to realise the structure even in the field of symbolic or invizible form. This volume contains eight articles on the following concepts abhasa, sadrsya-sarupya, anukarana/anukrti/anukirtana, chaya, bimbapratibimba, linga, pada and vrttiriti.
Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan has provided the conceptual framework to the entire Kalatattvakosa series. Two learned editors, Dr. Sukumar Chattopadhyay and Dr. Narasingha Charan Panda, Senior Research Officers of IGNCA, Varanasi office, have edited this volume."