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Frog hymns and rain babies : monsoon culture and the art of ancient South Asia

Title
  1. Frog hymns and rain babies : monsoon culture and the art of ancient South Asia / Gautama V. Vajracharya ; general editor, Vidya Dehejia.
Published by
  1. Mumbai : Marg Foundation, 2013.
Author
  1. Vajrācārya, Gautamavajra

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Additional authors
  1. Dehejia, Vidya
Description
  1. 212 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm
Summary
  1. Examines the influence of monsoons on the art, literature, and culture of India and the South Asian region.
Subject
  1. South Asia > Civilization
  2. Buddhist art
  3. Hindu art
  4. South Asia > Art
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. pt. I : New methodology. The Rigvedic frog hymn, shaving of hair, and monsoon culture -- Monsoon culture and the concept of prana in visual art -- pt. II : Artistic expressions of monsoon culture. Pipal tree, tonsured monks, and Ushnisha -- Chakravartin, the rainmaker -- The symbolism of Ashokan pillars -- Atmospheric gestation : deciphering Ajanta ceiling paintings and related works -- pt. III : The continuity of monsoon culture in Nepal. Creatures of the rain-river and cloud-lakes -- Dance of conception and rain babies : mother goddesses and the cult of kumara -- Shri and Lakshmi : rain-river and agrarian prosperity.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.