Books
Texts from the Puranas
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CITRASUTRAM VISNUDHARMOTTARA PURANA
ISBN : 81-208-1805-9Edited By :PARUL DAVE MUKHERJI
(2001, xlv+293pp, line drawings, bibl., gloss.)
Rs.750.00The Citrasūtra belongs to the Viṣṇudharmottra Purāṇa, Kāṇḍa III, Chapters 35-43. The Purāṇas – Agni, Viṣṇu, Matsya and Mārkaṇḍeya – provide a necessary bridge between the ritual texts and the texts of the particular arts. The Purāṇas are neither a sub-stream of popular discourse as considered by some nor are they narratives of complex mythologies and legends manifesting flights of poetic imagination or shrouding social histories only. Read More
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KALIKAPURANE MURTIVINIRDESAH
ISBN : 81-208-1124-0Edited By :BISWANARAYANA SHASTRI
(1994, xxxviii+144pp)
Rs.200.00Most of the Purāṇas contain sections devoted to the arts. In some they provide context while in others, they are akin to the texts of form and technique, specially śilpa, citra, nāṭya and nṛtya. A free narrative style of the Purāṇas facilitates an understanding of the śilpa (i.e. measurement, proportion and iconography)…Read More
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NATYASASTRA OF MUNI BHARATA – Volume-1
ISBN : 978-81-208-3984-7(Vol.1), 978-81-208-3985-4(set)Edited By :KAMALESH DATTA TRIPATHI
(2015, 1xxxiii+451pp.,)
Rs.2,100.00