Arts in the Puranas (study)
by Meena Devadatta Jeste | 1973 | 74,370 words
This essay studies the Arts in the Puranas by reconstructing the theory of six major fine arts—Music, Dance, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Literature—from the Major and Minor Puranas. This thesis shows how ancient sages studied these arts within the context of cultural traditions of ancient India....
17. Notes and References for chapter 4
- 238 NOTES 1 J.N. Banergea, 'The Development of Hindu Iconography', p. 2. 23 J. N. Banergea, op. cit., ch. I, pp. 7 - 23, chs. IV and V, pp. 108 202. T. A.G. Rao,'Elements of Hindu Iconography', Vol. I and II. 23. J.N.Banergea, op. cit., pp. 22 - 23 3 4 5 VDP. III. 43. 31 - 32. 6 yatha citra tathaivantam khatapurva naradhipa | suvarnarupyatapradi tabba ] lokesu darsayet || siladarusu lohesu pratimakaranam bhavet | anenaiva vidhanena yatha citramudahrtam || VDP. III. 39. 49 - 50. apadasamasthanam dvitiyena tu vidgalam | sariram ca salilam syatsamai vyacidrtam || lilavilasavinantam visala jaghanasthalam | sthiraikapadavinyasa strirupam vilikhedudhah || 7 Bharata Natyasastra XII. 163 - 164. 8 Kapila Vatsyayana, ' Classical Indian Dance in Literature and the Arts', p. 373. 9 Kapila Vatsyayana, op. cit., pp. 302 - 379. 10 Agni Purana , 43. 9 a - 10 b. mrnmayi darughatita konha ratnana tatha | jhelana gandhana caiva kaumi saptadha smrta 11 Agni Purana , 44. Agni Purana , 44. 1-3. Matsya Purana , 261. 18-19. 12 13 Matsya Purana , 257. 19. svatam syadvadasilam | mukhamanena kartavya sarvavayavakalpana
14 - 239 T.A.G.Rao, op. cit., appendix B, pp. 9 - 28. 15 Matsya Purana , 257 . 26 - 29. 16 Matsya Purana , 258 1-2. 17 Ibid, ch. 257, vv. 22 - 23. Matsya Purana , 257. 22 - 23. 18 amgusthapavadaranyah vitatavadeva tu | grhesu pratima karyaी navika sasyate budhah || asodasa tu prasade kartavya naghika tatah | J.N. Banerges, op. cit., p. 312. 19 Agni Purana , 49. 15. rajyasthathi sarasvati savitri vamadaksine | 20 Matsya Purana , 260 44. 21 ajyasthali nyasetparsve vedamkha turah punah | vamaparsve tya savitra daksine va sarasvatim || V.6.Agrawala, 'Indian Art', p. 254, Figs. 168 - 9. V.S.Agrawala, op. cit., p. 333. 22 23 S.D. Gyani, 'Agni Purana A Study', pp. 208 - 209. 24 Agni Purana , 23. 15 - 17. svamantrah pujayet sarvan visnu dhanatah || 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 TA.G. Rao, op. cit., I, 1, p. 227. J.N. Banergea, op. cit., p. 30. V.S.Agrawal, op. cit., p. 255. J. N. Banergea, op. cit., pp. 401 - 402. J.N.Banergea, op. cit., p. 407. Ild, p. 254. V.S.Agrawal, op. cit., p. 255. 32 Bhagavadgita, IV. 7 - 8.
- 240- yada yada hi dharmasya glanirbhavati bharata | abhyutthanamadharmasya tadatmanam srjamyaham || paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya duskrtam | dharmasamsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge | 33 M. P., 47. 104. tatastenaminapena naste dharme punah punah | nava hitarthaya nate manu || J.N.Banergea, op. cit., pp. 415 416. T.A.G.Rao, op. cit., vol. I, pl. XLIV. 34 35 36 TA.G.Rao, op. cit., vol. I, pl. XLIX. 37 J.N.Banergea, op. cit., p. 420. 38 39 40 V.S.Agrawala, op. cit., p. 256. T.A.G.Rao, op. cit., vol. I, pl. LXVIII. A.R, 53, 15 - 16. 41 Matsya Purana , 262, 4. 42 V.S.Agrawala, op. cit., p. 257, fig. 177. 43 J.N.Banergea, op. cit., p. 475. 44 J.N.Banergea, op. cit., pl. XL, fig. 3, p. 478. 45 V.S.Agravala, op. cit., p. 259 46 V.S.Agrawal, 'Indian Art', p. 259. 47 T.A.G.Rao, op. cit., vol. II, pls. CXXI-CXXIX. 48 J.N.Banergea, op. cit., p. 379. 49 50 51 Priyabala Shah, 'The Visnudharmottara, III,' vol. II, p.179. VDP. III. 82. 1. ya mata sarvalokasya patni ki pormahatmanah | J.N.Banerges, op. cit., pl. XVIII, fig. 2, p. 376.
- 241 - 52 53 54 55 Ibid, p. 491. V.S.Agrawala, op. cit., fig. 183, p. 260. J.N.Banergea, 'The Development of Hindu Iconography', pls. XLII, fig. 3; XLII, fig. 2; XLI, fig. 2; pl. XXXI, figs. 13 and 14. V.S.Agrawal, op. cit., fig. 184, p. 260. 56 The illustrations given by J.N.Banerges, op. cit. Pl. XLIII, fig. 2. Pl. XLIII, figs. 1,3,5. Pl. XLIV, figs. 3,4. Priyabala Shah, op. cit., p. 150. V.S.Agrawal, op. cit., fig. 178, p. 258. J. N. Banergea, op. cit., pl. XXXI, figs., 1 and 2. T.A.G.Rao, op. cit., vol. II, p. 520, pl. CL. Priyabala Shah, op. cit., p. 180. Pl. DLIV, figs. 1,5. 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 TA.G.Rao, op. cit., pl. CLII, fig. 1. J. N. Banergea, op. cit., pl. XLVI, fig. 1, p. 527. Ibid, p. 528. Priyabala Shah, op. cit., p. 180. J.N. Banergea, op. cit., p. 526. T.A.G.Rao, op. cit., vol. I, part I, Intr. p. 8. Ibid, Intr. p. 11, Plate A.
