Elements of Hindu Iconography (Record no. 824)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | nam a22 7a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9788120808782 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 732.44 G647 H |
| Item number | 100652 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | T. A. Gopinatha Rao |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Elements of Hindu Iconography |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Motilal Banarsidass |
| Date of publication | 1997 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 358 - 279 |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Volume 1 and 2 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | he book is in two volumes, each volume again in two parts. Vol. I, Part I contains a long Introduction discussing among other things the origin of Hindu image worship in India, explanatory description of the terms employed in the work, Ganapati, Visnu and his major and minor avataras and manifestations, Garuda and Ayudha-Purushas or personified images of the weapons and emblems held by gods. Vol. I, Part II deals with Aditya and Nava Grahas (nine planets) and their symbolic features and images worshipped, Devi (Goddesses), Parivara-devatas, and measurement of proportions in images. Vol. II, Part I begins with an Introduction discussing the cult of Siva which is followed by such important topics as Siva, Lingas, Lingodbhavamurti, Chandrasekharamurti, Pasupatamurti and Raudrapasupatamurti, other Ugra forms of Siva, Dakshinamurti, Kankalamurti and Bhikshatanamurti, and other important aspects of Siva. Vol. II, Part II contains descriptions of Subrahmanya, Nandikesvara and Adhikaranandi, Chandesvara, Bhaktas, Arya or Hariharaputra, Kshetrapalas, Brahma, the Dikpalakas, and demi-gods. In addition the book contains 5 Appendices including Sanskrit texts of Parivaradevatah, Uttamadasatalavidhih and Pratimalaksanani. The treatment has been made interesting by profuse illustrations, the two volumes containing as many as 282 photographs of sacred images. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Hindu art |
| -- | Idols and images |
| -- | Hindu mythology |
| -- | Hindu symbolism |
| -- | Hindu sculpture |
| -- | Art |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Serial Enumeration / chronology | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Ubhayabharati | Ubhayabharati | Sanskrit | 07/12/2017 | Volume 1 | 3 | 1 | 732.44 G647 H 100652 | 100652 | 29/04/2019 | Books | ||||
| Ubhayabharati | Ubhayabharati | Sanskrit | 07/12/2017 | Volume 2 | 3 | 732.44 G647 H 100652 | 100653 | 29/04/2019 | Books | |||||
| Ubhayabharati | Ubhayabharati | Sanskrit | 07/12/2017 | Volume 1 | 3 | 732.44 G647 H 100652 | 101673 | 18/05/2019 | Books | |||||
| Ubhayabharati | Ubhayabharati | Sanskrit | 07/12/2017 | Volume 2 | 2 | 1 | 732.44 G647 H 100652 | 101674 | 29/04/2019 | Books |