Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization, Vol. 6
This book interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India's legend, myth, and folklore, taken directly from the Sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian art. It is primarily an introduction to image-thinking and picture-reading in Indian art and thought, and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of life and death recognizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.\ \ \ This is an interpretation of...
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"In viewing India's art and civilization, the late Dr. Heinrich Zimmer, a man of penetrating intellect, the keenest esthetic sensibility and a predilection for psychoanalytic methods, found unlimited material for employing all three qualities. . . . The Indian material offered is of the best quality: the language in which it is presented is imaginative, figurative, poetic, vigorous."--W. Norman BrownThe New York TimesZimmer moves among [the myths of India] unhurriedly, with a respect that amounts to devotion. Gradually his comments bring to light the universal meanings beneath the archaic exterior.
List of PlatesIEternity and Time1The Parade of Ants32The Wheel of Rebirth113The Wisdom of Life19IIThe Mythology of Vishnu1Vishnu's Maya232The Waters of Existence273The Waters of Non-Existence354Maya in Indian Art53IIIThe Guardians of Life1The Serpent, Supporter of Vishnu and the Buddha592Divinities and their Vehicles693The Serpent and the Bird724Vishnu as Conqueror of the Serpent775The Lotus906The Elephant1027The Sacred Rivers109IVThe Cosmic Delight of Shiva1The "Fundamental Form" and the "Playful Manifestations"1232The Phenomenon of Expanding Form1303Shiva-Shakti1374The Great Lord1485The Dance of Shiva1516The Face of Glory1757The Destroyer of the Three Towns185VThe Goddess1The Origin of The Goddess1892The Island of Jewels197VIConclusion217Index223Plates249
\ The New York TimesZimmer moves among [the myths of India] unhurriedly, with a respect that amounts to devotion. Gradually his comments bring to light the universal meanings beneath the archaic exterior.\ \ \ \ \ The New York Times\ Zimmer moves among [the myths of India] unhurriedly, with a respect that amounts to devotion. Gradually his comments bring to light the universal meanings beneath the archaic exterior.\ \
