Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Sanskrit rhythms in East Asia
This chapter describes Sanskrit rhythms in East Asia located on page 1 of volume Volume 7 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 7 deals with the study of Sanskrit hymnology and the references to music in Vinaya and in several other texts. It further deals with Buddhist music in contemporary China, Korea and Japan.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Sanskrit rhythms in East Asia. 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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Triveni Journal
But an entire art of Melody independent of language and harmony at the same time has been developed in India and the East. The composer in the East is concerned with melody and rhythm mostly and little else. Though the note or ‘svara is the basis of all music, exigencies of harmony have made the note in European music a subordinate unit, a ‘flat sound so to say, useful for building up chords, but by itself of little utility....
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Vietnamese Buddhist Art [by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh]
But South East Asian art not only gained its common impetus from Indian Buddhist art but also had certain interchanges among themselves. To examine The Buddhism and its art in South Vietnam and South East Asia not only to make clear up the historic Buddhist art of South Vietnam and South East Asia, but also clear up our understanding of the role assumed by South Vietnam in the context with South and South East Asia....
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Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology [by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri]
Impact of Amaravati on early schools of art of South-East Asia. The aesthetic impact of Amaravati on early schools of art of South-East Asia is evident from a number of antiquities recovered from the region. This definitely indicates the interaction of cultural milieu keeping intact their individualistic trend of culture. The influence of Amaravati school is visible in several Buddha images from different parts of South-East Asia....
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[Cultural Horizons of India: index]
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[Volume 2 (summary)]
[Volume 3 (summary)]
[Volume 4 (summary)]
[Volume 5 (summary)]
[Volume 6 (summary)]
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