Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 300 pages
- Published by: Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition: Revised Edition June 1, 1993
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0195633857
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0195633856
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Book Dimensions:
9.6 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
- Weighs: 1.9 pounds
Product Description
Yaksas is the sixth in a series of the celebrated collected works of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy--perhaps the greatest Eastern philosopher and theologian of modern times. In it he provides an in-depth study of the Yaksas (fertility deities) by reexamining a great deal of iconographic and literary material. He looks at the origins of Yaksas in the context of Vedic, Brahmanical, and Upanisadic literature; addresses the interpretive levels of artistic motif; and looks at non-Indian literature, particularly on the water cosmology. This seminal critical text reveals the significance of Yaksas in religious history and iconographic evolution.
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