KALATATTVAKOSA, VOL. II: Concepts of Space and Time/edited by Bettina Baumer. 1992, xxxii, 478 p., figs, $30.
Contents: Foreword/Kapila Vatsyayan. Introduction/Bettina Baumer. 1. Bindu/ H.N.Chakravarty. 2. Nabhi/H.N. Chakravarty. Nabhi in the arts/B. Baumer. 3. Cakra/H.N. Chakravarty. Cakra in the arts:/K. Vatsyayan. 4. Ksetra /B.N. Saraswati. 5. Loka/V.N. Misra & P.L. Sharma. 6. Desa/V.N. Misra. 7. Kala/V.N. Misra. Manifestation in the arts/P.L. Sharma. Divisions of time/S. Chattopadhyay. Time in Buddhism/G.C. Pande. 8. Ksana/Saroja Bhate. 9. Krama/B. Baumer. Krama in the philosophical systems/A.N. Balslev. 10. Sandhi/B. Baumer. 11. Sutra/Frits Staal. Sutra in the visual arts/B. Baumer. Sutradhara/R. Tripathi. 12. Tala/Lewis Rowell. 13. Mana : Vedic/Frits Staal. Mana in the arts/Bruno Dagens. 14. Laya/P.L. Sharma. 15. Sunya/Sunyata : Sunya, mathematical aspect/S.R. Sarma. Sunyata, Buddhist/G.C. Pande. 16. Purna/D.B. Sensharma. In the arts/B. Baumer. Bibliography. Index.
"The Kalatattvakosa volume II is second in the series of IGNCA programme of a multi-disciplinary lexicon of fundamental concepts of the Indian tradition. In this volume seminal terms of space and time have been included. The terms have been scanned through a very wide spectrum of texts drawn from the fields of metaphysics to science and the arts. The essays enable the reader to comprehend the multi-layered meanings of the concepts in different contexts. This volume contains the following terms: bindu, nabhi, cakra, ksetra, loka, desa, kala, ksana, krama, sandhi, sutra, tala, mana, laya, sunya, purna." (jacket)