Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Illustrations of Balinese Mudras
This chapter describes Illustrations of Balinese Mudras located on page 256 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 Illustrations of Balinese Mudras. 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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Diaspora of Bhuta (Daiva) worshipping cult—India and Indonesia [by Shilpa V. Sonawane]
Most of the time, all the Balinese Hindu gods and goddesses (such as Sanjiang and Wihi Wicha) were traditional deviations from Hindu Hinduism in Balinese Hinduism. However, this process of change did not always occur as a result of direct contact between the Balinese and the Indians. Many of the worn-out Hindu beliefs and practices were converted to Balinese Hinduism because of the ancient contacts Balinese had with the Javanese....
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Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology [by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri]
(Pl 22c) Another illustration of the Mara s episode is found on the drum pilaster from Amaravati. It is preserved in the British Museum. The pilaster is in four registers of which the second register narrates the incident of Mara s assault at the time of Master s nirvana. The nimbate Buddha is seated with the right hand raised in the varada mudra and not in bhumisparsha mudra. It appears that Buddha had already won and attained nirvana....
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Triveni Journal
It behoves every Indian to try to bring the dying Balinese race to the Hindu fold, before this ancient Hindu cultural colony is irretrievably lost in the stampede of modern civilisation....
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