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Pages: 308 (Illustrated Throughout in B/W and 32 Color Illustrations)
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Ganesa’s popularity is manifold. He is the favourite god of the masses. He is also the favourite subject for curio-hunters and collectors of icons. Painters and sculptors have revelled in depicting this god in a varity of forms and postures. The Tantrik practitioners have found in him a beneficent poer, quick to acquire and enduring in nature.
Literature about Ganesh is remarkable, varied and large. Works in Sanskrit, which appear to have provided the main source material for all of them, are themselves large in number and varied in nature. An attempt has been made here to present a comprehensive picture of Ganesa that is of interest to an Indian mind. The picture assumes the Vedic origin of Ganesa and the Smrti and the Tantric involvements of the deity. It recognizes the primal importance ogiven to this god in the daily life of millions of Indians. It seeks to provide authentic information about Ganesh from texts.
The books contain drawings of numerous Ganesa icons, worshipped in temples or preserved in museums.
Vidyalankara, Sastra-Chudamini, Sangita-Kalaratna, Professor Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao, is a well-known scholar who combines traditional learning with modern research. Well versed in Sanskrit, Pall, Ardhmagadhi and several modern Indian languages and acquainted with Tibetan and some European languages, he has written extensively on Vedanta, Buddhism, Janism, Indian Culture, Art and Literature.
In his professional career, however, he was a Professor of Psychology. He has headed the Department of Clinical Psychology in the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore and the Department of Indian Culture in the Collision College Study Center of the University of the Pacific (U.S.A.) He was the senior associate of National Institute of Advanced Studies
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. 2nd Edition. Contents Introduction. 1. The Vedic background. 2. In the Smrti context. 3. Tantrik involvements. 4. Myths and legends. 5. Forms for worship. From the introduction Ganesa's popularity is manifold. He is the favourite God of the masses. He is also the favourite subject for curio hunters and collectors of icons. Painters and sculptors have revelled in depicting this God in a variety of forms and postures. The Tantrik practitioners have found in him a benevolent power quick to acquire and enduring in nature. There is no religious group in the country which dispenses with his services. And more importantly Ganesa has been subjected to endless enquiry about his origin nature significance symbolism and cultic involvement. Research scholars have surrounded him with diverse theories sociological anthropological cultural historical literary and linguistic political and economic answers are suggested to be the secret of his popularity agriculture hunting elephant capture formation of early totemistic communities and strife amongst them are sought to be seen in the background of this deity. Excessive use of imagination appears to be the undercurrent in all such studies which have also incidentally brought to surface many interesting aspects of Ganesa worship. Literature about Ganesa is remarkable varied and large. Every Indian language has works bearing on this deity and on his worship. Works in Sanskrit which appear to have provided the main source material for all of them are themselves large in number and varied in nature puranas kalpas paddhatis sadhanas vidhis and namavalis. Representations of Ganesa in stone metal clay and wood and in painting are equally numerous and varied. 292 pp. Seller Inventory # 54760
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