Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
The Mani stone
This chapter describes The Mani stone located on page 347 of volume Volume 3 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
Volume 3 begins with a new perspective on the evolution of tantras, based on Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, Indonesian, and Simhalese sources. It further shows that the deification of kings and colossi of the Avatamsaka in Afghanistan, China and Japan are a crucial stage in tantra development.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes The Mani stone. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Sanskrit sources of Kerala history [by Suma Parappattoli]
[Â]manishe hridimiti dinayute bhanuvare ca shambhoh kankshan martandavarma shriyamativipula kirtimayushca dirgham sthane mani?[ä] shucindre samakuruta sabham keralakshmapatindrah || In the first half of the verse the data is furnished in the Saka era from this record we gather two important piece of historical information namely, the rule of Marthanda Varma extended upto 586 M. E....
Read full contents: The Sucindram inscription of Martandavarma (Dated Kollam 586)
Tibet (Myth, Religion and History) [by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya]
(* 4) Alison Melnick and Christopher Bell, The Mani kabum, " The Mani Kambum is considered to be a treasure text that was revealed by multiple people over the period of a century during Tibet s Renaissance....
Read full contents: 2. Manikabum [Tib: Ma ni bka' 'bum]
Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal [by Shubha Majumder]
However, a few stone sculptures including a Jain Tirthankara image have been reported from Senpara of this village. 137. Kankandighi: Along the bank of the river Mani, Kankandighi is a well known archaeological site for the discoveries of numerous archaeological objects, particularly stone and metal sculptures and pieces of architectural members, besides the huge structural mounds which are locally known as Pilkhanar Dhibi (Pl. VI. B) and reports of other terracotta objects, potteries etc....
Read full contents: Archaeological sites in District South Twenty Four Parganas
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[Cultural Horizons of India: index]
[About the Author (Lokesh Chandra)]
[Volume 1 (summary)]
[Volume 1 (preface)]
[Volume 2 (summary)]
[Volume 3 (summary)]
[Volume 4 (summary)]
[Volume 5 (summary)]
[Volume 6 (summary)]
[Volume 7 (summary)]