Mudra: A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture
Ernest Dale SaundersAppearing for the first time in paperback and illustrated with line drawings, diagrams, and 26 half-tone plates, this study of the iconographic aspect of Japanese Buddhist sculpture surveys the significance of eight principal and six secondary hand gestures (mudra), in addition to the postures (asana), such as the "lotus," and the symbolic attributes. A pictorial index helps the reader in identifying the gestures.
Jahr:
2018
Verlag:
Princeton University Press
Sprache:
english
ISBN 10:
0691187762
ISBN 13:
9780691097961
Serien:
Bollingen Series (General); 619
Datei:
PDF, 32.11 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2018