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Frog hymns and rain babies : monsoon culture and the art of ancient South Asia
- Title
- Frog hymns and rain babies : monsoon culture and the art of ancient South Asia / Gautama V. Vajracharya ; general editor, Vidya Dehejia.
- Author
- Vajrācārya, Gautamavajra
- Publication
- Mumbai : Marg Foundation, 2013.
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- Additional Authors
- Dehejia, Vidya
- Description
- 212 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm
- Summary
- Examines the influence of monsoons on the art, literature, and culture of India and the South Asian region.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9788192110646
- 8192110648
- LCCN
- 2013315344
- OCLC
- ocn792879905
- 792879905
- SCSB-1766304
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library