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 12 Apr 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Vishnudharmottara - A Treatise on Indian Painting and Image-Making
By Stella Kramrisch
Lecturer in Fine Arts (Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture), Calcutta University
Published by Calcutta University Press - 1928

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 11 Apr 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Manifestations of Shiva
By Stella Kramrisch
Published by The Philadelphia Museum of Art - 1981

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This exhibition, "Manifestations of Shiva," is planned as a tribute to India, to its long civiliz... Read More
 10 Apr 2015 Sculpture
A copper alloy figure of SHIVA BHIKSHATANA
South India, Tanjore, Nayak Dynasty, 17th century.

The present sculpture depicting Shiva’s manifestation as Bhikshatana, “the enchanting mendicant,” embodies the inspired modeling, sinuous elegance and spontaneous charm of late south Indian bronze casti... Read More
 8 Apr 2015 Rare Paintings
Religious Procession: Durga
India, West Bengal, Murshidabad, circa 1800
Watercolor
Opaque watercolor on mica

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 4 Apr 2015 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting on paper of Rama and Sita seated on a throne. Hanuman is dressed in shorts, a shawl and a golden crown. Behind the throne stand Rāma’s three brothers; Lakṣmaṇa, Shatrughna and Bharata. Each of the brothers wear a golden crown, dhoti and a shawl draped over their shoulders. On... Read More
 4 Apr 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Ramayana - Sundara Kandam
By Manmatha Nath Dutt
Published by Girish Chandra Chakravarti, Calcutta - 1892

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Hanuman visits Sita in Lanka, Folio from a Ramayana
India, Gujarat, circa 1... Read More
 4 Apr 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Sri Hanuman Chalisa
By B.Hanumantha Rao
Published by Bapatla Venkata Parthasarathy, Guntur - 1965
In Telugu

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Hanuman Conversing
Chola period (880–1279 AD)
11th century
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 4 Apr 2015 New Books
New Book:
Sundara Kanda - Hanuman's Odyssey
By B.S.Murthy

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Sugriva sends emissaries, led by Hanuman, to find Princess Sita

India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, circa 1830-1840
Watercolor
Opaque watercolor, go... Read More
 4 Apr 2015 Rare Paintings
Hanuman
By M F Husain

One of a portfolio of eleven prints: "Hanuman".
Numbered, signed.
1990s

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 4 Apr 2015 Sculpture
Hanuman
India, Tamil Nadu, 1600 AD
Sculpture
Copper alloy

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 27 Mar 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
A Handbook of Madhwacharya's Poorna-Brahma Philosophy
By Alur Venkat Rao
Published by Nava Jeevan Grantha Bhandar, Dharwar -1954

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The title of my book is rather misleading for tho... Read More
 12 Mar 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Hindu Art: Its humanism and modernism
By Benoy Kumar Sakar (1887-1949)
Published by B.W.Huebsch Inc., New York - 1920

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A terracotta head of a woman
India, Gupta Period, circa 5th century... Read More
 5 Mar 2015 Article/Essay
What then is Hinduism?

"No definition is possible, for the very good reason that Hinduism is absolutely indefinite. It is really an anthropological process to which, by a strange irony of fate, the name of 'religion' has been given. Starting from the Vedas, embodying the customs and ideas of one... Read More
 17 Feb 2015
Probably the earliest known representation of Shiva:

Gold dinar, c. 200-225 CE
Weight: 8.02 gm., Diam: 21 mm., Die axis: 12 o'clock

Crowned, diademed king standing facing, nimbate, holding trident and sacrificing at altar at left, second trident above fire altar, Bactrian legend around:
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 17 Feb 2015 Rare Paintings
Ravana receiving the Pashupata weapon from Shiva
India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra (?), circa 1850-1900
Drawings; watercolors
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

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 17 Feb 2015 Sculpture
Shiva's Family on Mount Kailasa
India, Odisha (Orissa), Vishnupur, 14th-15th century
Sculpture
Black schist

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 17 Feb 2015 Sculpture
Lintel with Shiva and Subsidiary Deities
India, Rajasthan, Kota region, Atru (?), circa 850-900
Architectural Elements
Red sandstone

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 17 Feb 2015 Sculpture
Nandi, the Bull Mount of Shiva
India, Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir region, circa 3rd century
Sculpture
Stone

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 17 Feb 2015 Sculpture
Umapati (Shiva, the Primeval Father God, and Uma, the Great Mother Goddess)
India, Uttar Pradesh, Deogarh region, circa 750-800
Sculpture
Gray sandstone

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 23 Jan 2015 Sculpture
Ganesha in Jainism

Ganesha is worshipped by most Jainas, for whom he appears to have taken over certain functions of Kubera. Jaina connections with the trading community support the idea that Jainism took up the worship of Ganesha as a result of commercial connections.

The Jaina canonical liter... Read More
 23 Jan 2015 Sculpture
Ganesha, Lord of Obstacles
India, Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir region
7th century
Sculpture
Copper alloy

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