Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
From the Goddesses of Plaosan to the Dharani-Mandala at alchi
This chapter describes From the Goddesses of Plaosan to the Dharani-Mandala at alchi located on page 167 of volume Volume 4 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 4 is devoted to the art, history and literature; inscriptions, statues and thought; mandalas, epics and legends of Classical Indonesia.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes From the Goddesses of Plaosan to the Dharani-Mandala at alchi. 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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Almost in every mandala of the Rigvedasamhita, the beautiful description of the sun, dawn, wind, rain, sky lightning etc. , are found. Due to their keen love for nature, its phenomena have become gods and goddesses to the Vedic poets. The sun, the wind, the lightning, the fire, the sky etc. , were gods, and dawn, rivers, night, earth etc. , were goddesses. So, for the Vedic poets, nature is also a divine entity. The poet addresses the various phenomena of nature as gods and goddesses....
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