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Although the role of the visual is essential to Indian tradition and culture, most attempts to understand its images are laden with misconceptions. 'Darśan', a Sanskrit word that means 'seeing' is an aid to our vision, a book of ideas to look beyond Hindu images with imagination.
Although the role of the visual is essential to Indian tradition and culture, most attempts to understand its images are laden with misconceptions. 'Darśan', a Sanskrit word that means 'seeing' is an aid to our vision, a book of ideas to look beyond Hindu images with imagination.
The first and most complete exposition of the religious iconography of India, this indispensable reference work was written in 1810 and aptly conveys the spirit of East Indian myths, legends, fables, and the intricate symbolism which distinguishes the Eastern mind. Here the grea…
"The first book to offer a detailed framework, a fine-grained history, and an analytically nuanced understanding of one of the rarest branches of Hindu worship. Hinduism, as is well known, has taken a multitude of shapes and forms. Some Hindu "little traditions" have remained ob…
The first book to offer a detailed framework, a fine-grained history, and an analytically nuanced understanding of one of the rarest branches of Hindu worship.Hinduism, as is well known, has taken a multitude of shapes and forms. Some Hindu "little traditions" have remained obsc…
[This] is the tenth book in the popular Indian epic Srimad Bhagavata Purana, which is the principal source for the story of the Krishna, worshipped in Hinduism as the supreme being. Devoted to Krishna's miraculous incarnation, it recounts his childhood and adolescence in the for…