Essay name: Arts in the Puranas (study)
Author:
Meena Devadatta Jeste
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Pune
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.
Chapter 4 - Sculpture in the Puranas
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T.A.G.Rao, op. cit., appendix B, pp. 9 - 28.
15 M.P., 257 . 26 - 29.
16 M.P., 258 1-2.
17 Ibid, ch. 257, vv. 22 - 23. M.P., 257. 22 - 23.
18 अंगुष्ठपवदारन्यः विततावदेव तु ।
गृहेषु प्रतिमा कार्याी नाविका शस्यते बुधः ॥
आषोडशा तु प्रासादे कर्तव्या नाघिका ततः ।
[aṃguṣṭhapavadāranyaḥ vitatāvadeva tu |
gṛheṣu pratimā kāryāी nāvikā śasyate budhaḥ ||
āṣoḍaśā tu prāsāde kartavyā nāghikā tataḥ |
] J.N. Banerges, op. cit., p. 312.
19 A.P., 49. 15.
राज्यस्थाठी सरस्वती सावित्री वामदक्षिणे ।
[rājyasthāṭhī sarasvatī sāvitrī vāmadakṣiṇe |
] 20 M.P., 260 44.
21 आज्यस्थाली न्यसेत्पार्श्वे वेदांख तुरः पुनः ।
वामपार्श्वे त्य सावित्रा दक्षिणे व सरस्वतीम् ॥
[ājyasthālī nyasetpārśve vedāṃkha turaḥ punaḥ |
vāmapārśve tya sāvitrā dakṣiṇe va sarasvatīm ||
] V.6.Agrawala, 'Indian Art', p. 254, Figs. 168 - 9.
V.S.Agrawala, op. cit., p. 333.
22 23
S.D. Gyani, 'Agni Purana
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A Study', pp. 208 - 209.
24 A.P., 23. 15 - 17.
स्वमन्त्रः पूजयेत् सर्वान् विष्णु
धानतः ॥
[svamantraḥ pūjayet sarvān viṣṇu
dhānataḥ ||
] 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.
