num_pages: 200
description: This treatise is an early attempt for a diligent search into the origin descriptions symbols mythological background meaning and moral aims of Hindu images. The book is in two volumes each volume again in two parts. Vol. I Part I contains a long Introduction discussing among other things the origin of Hindu image worship in India explanatory description of the terms employed in the work Ganapati Visnu and his major and minor avataras and manifestations Garuda and Ayudha-Purushas or personified images of the weapons and emblems held by gods. Vol. I Part II deals with Aditya and Nava Grahas (nine planets) and their symbolic features and images worshipped Devi (Goddesses) Parivara-devatas and measurement of proportions in images. Vol. II Part I begins with an Introduction discussing the cult of Siva which is followed by such important topics as Siva Lingas Lingodbhavamurti Chandrasekharamurti Pasupatamurti and Raudrapasupatamurti other Ugra forms of Siva Dakshinamurti Kankalamurti and Bhikshatanamurti and other important aspects of Siva. Vol. II Part II contains descriptions of Subrahmanya Nandikesvara and Adhikaranandi Chandesvara Bhaktas Arya or Hariharaputra Kshetrapalas Brahma the Dikpalakas and demi-gods. In addition the book contains 5 Appendices including Sanskrit texts of Parivaradevatah Uttamadasatalavidhih and Pratimalaksanani.The treatment has been made interesting by profuse illustrations the two volumes containing as many as 282 photographs of sacred images.
language: English
title: Elements of Hindu Iconography: Vol. 1 & 2
publisher: Low Price Publications,India