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CatalogueThe Art and Culture of South East Asia/edited by Lokesh Chandra. 1991, 430 p., photos, figs., $45.
Contents: 1. Ishwar Prakash, My Sister Sharada Jiji/Ishwar Prakash, Jodhpur. 2. In Memoriam : Sharada Rani/Lokesh Chandra, New Delhi. 3. Translating the art of music/A.L. Becker, University of Michigan, U.S.A. 4. The Javanese exorcisms of evil : betwixt India and Java/Stephen C. Headley, CNRS, France. 5. Sanskritic continuity in southeast Asia, the Sadatatayi and Astacora in Javanese law/Mason C. Hoadley, University of Lund, Sweden. 6. Javanese visual performance and the Indian mystique/Felicia Hughes-Freeland, University College, Swansea, Britain. 7. Borobudur, the Tattvasamgraha, and the Sang hyang kamahayanikan/Kazuko Ishii. 8. Text, temple and tirtha/R.E. Jordaan, Jakarta, Indonesia. 9. The tortoise and the geese a comparison of a number of Indian and Javanese literary and sculptural versions of the story/Marijke J. Klokke, Leiden. 10. The cult of Siva-Buddha/Ida Bagoes Mantra, Ambassador of Indonesia to India, New Delhi.
11. Function and beauty in traditional Javanese poetry/L. Mardiwaristo. 12. Artistic canons in the system of the Borobudur/Inna F. Murian, Institute of Art Research, Moscow, Soviet Union. 13. Old Javanese verb structure/A.K. Ogloblin, Leningrad University, Soviet Union. 14. Hinduism and economics/Ida Bagus Oka Puni Atamaja M.P./Chairman of Parisada Hindu Dharma, Indonesia. 15. Eight manifestations of Siva in Balinese art/Ida Bagus Oka Puni Atmaja, Indonesia. 16. Srikandhi and Sumbadra : stereotyped role models or complex personalities?/Helen Pausacker. 17. Ya Maraja or Yamaraja : notes on a javanese verse/Peter Pink, Rellingen, Germany. 18. The Mang kunagaran palace and the Hindu-Javanese legacy/Moehammad Hoesodo Pringgokoesoemo , Mangukunagaran Court Library, Indonesia. 19. Konsep raja sakti di jawa pada jaman kuno/J.J. Ras, State University, Leiden. 20. Sastra harjendra yuningrat in the wayang/Soewito Santoso, Gamolan.
21. Studies concerning Indian Shadow-Theater and Indian-Marionette Theater with special consideration of German scholars/F. Seltmann, Stuttgart, Germany. 22. Candi mendut and the Mahavairocana-sutra/(Dr. Mrs.) Sudarshana Devi Singhal, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. 23. Iconography of Cunda/(Dr. Mrs.) Sudarshana Devi Singhal, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. 24. A balinese depiction of the Sita-Harana episode/(Dr. Mrs.) Sudarshana Devi Singhal. 25. The oriental roots of Soviet rod-puppets/Inna Solomonik, Moscow, Soviet Union. 26. Tributes to Dr. Mrs. Sharada Rani.
"A volume dedicated to the many-splendoured culture of Indonesia with contributions by scholars from Australia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, Soviet Union, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States of America. It deals with music and magic, law and jurisprudence, visual performances and sculptural representations, text and temple, Saivism and Buddhism, poetry and canons of art, verb structure and verse in Javanese, Hinduism and economics, the sacral concept of state and Javanese mysticism, influence of wayang on Russian rod-puppets, iconography and re-identification of Chandi Mendut." (jacket) No. 6721