The Splendour that was ʾInd: A Survey of Indian Culture and Civilisation (from the Earliest Times to the Death of Emperor Aurangzeb)D. B. Taraporevala, 1930 - 236 pages |
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Page 118
... symbol and of the Mother Goddess on the simpler nature - worship of the early Aryans . The transition from " Abstract Symbolism " to " anthropomorphic iconography " must be ascribed entirely to the Southern or Dravidian influence ...
... symbol and of the Mother Goddess on the simpler nature - worship of the early Aryans . The transition from " Abstract Symbolism " to " anthropomorphic iconography " must be ascribed entirely to the Southern or Dravidian influence ...
Page 141
... symbol or emblem indicative of the purpose of the place and the rank of its occupant . The very name Vimana , given technically to the temple shrine , marks this ancient origin of the Indian temple . When the followers of the Buddha ...
... symbol or emblem indicative of the purpose of the place and the rank of its occupant . The very name Vimana , given technically to the temple shrine , marks this ancient origin of the Indian temple . When the followers of the Buddha ...
Page 148
... symbol of the material Universe , and of the heavenly spheres above it . It was the symbol for all Hinduism , as the mihrab was for all Islam . Closely connected with the symbolism of the lotus was that of the water - pot , -the Kalasha ...
... symbol of the material Universe , and of the heavenly spheres above it . It was the symbol for all Hinduism , as the mihrab was for all Islam . Closely connected with the symbolism of the lotus was that of the water - pot , -the Kalasha ...
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