SURYA AND SUN CULT
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Detail Of SURYA AND SUN CULT
| ISBN | 9788173050565 |
| Pages | 471 |
| Language: | English |
| Product Code: | 1 |
| Size(in cm): | 10" X 7.5" cm |
| Weight(in grams): | 1342(approx) |
Description:
Content
Preface
List of Figures
List of Plates
Chapter-I Introduction
Chapter-II Literary Sources
(1) The Vedas
(2)The Brahmanas
(3) Upanisads
(4) The Epics
(5) The Puranas
(6) Commentaries, Astronomical texts and works on Indian Polity, etc.
(7) Vedangas
(8) Silpa Sastras
(9) Buddhist Literature
(10) Jaina Literature
(11) Persian and Arabic Works
(12) Chinese and Tibetan Texts
(13) Greek Accounts
Chapter-III Epigraphical Records
Chapter-IV Iconography
Arms: Two-armed, Four-Armed, Six/Eight-Armed, Ten-armed, Twelve-armed;
Attributes Head and Head-dress; Seated Images, Standing Images; The Chariot; The Horses; The Dress:- Avyanga, Costumes; Aruna, the charioteer; Complesion,; Ornaments; Attendants/Supouses; Position of Feet and Footwear.
Chapter-V The Prehistoric Art
Chapter-VI The Plastic Art
Chapter-VII The Composite Forms
Martanda-Bhairava or Siva-Bhaskara; Surya-Vinayaka; Surya-Brahma; Surya-Narayana; Surya-Lokesvara; Surya-Buddha; Surya-Brahma-Visnu-Siva; Hari-Hara-Surya-Buddha; Brahma-Visnu-Siva-Surya-Buddha; Tantric Surya with Sakti.
Chapter-VIII The Primitive Ideology
Chapter-IX The Adityas
Chapter-X Surya in Buddhism and Jainism
Chapter-XI Beyond Indian Frontiers
Chapter-XII Navagrahas or Nine Planets
Chapter-XIII Multifaceted Personality
Surya as Agni, Healer, Times, Calf, Brahman, Horse, Atman, Giver of Light, Swan or Rta, Progenator, Martanda, Vedic Teacher, Giver of Mysterious Vase, Instructor, Surya and Gayatri, Lotus, Dadhikara and Tarksya.
Chapter-XIV The Concept and Ramifications
The origin or birth, The fall, Suryaloka, Surya Ratha, surya-Rasmi, Movement of Planets and the Sun, Surya-Vamsa, The Magas and Sakadvipa, Sun replaces Brahma in Trimurti images, Ban on Sun-workship, Solar eclipses.
Chapter-XV The Cult
Chapter-XVI Sun Temples
Chapter-XVII Foreign Influence on Cult Images>
Chapter-XVIII Epilogue
Appendices
I. Chart showing the Iconography of Surya
II. Chart showing the Iconography of Navagrahas
III. Iconographical features of Surya as described in the Puranas
Bibliography
Index
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