Ajanta Paintings

Talim, Meena:
Ajanta Paintings : Unidentified and Misinterpreted / Meena Talim. - Delhi : Buddhist World Press, 2013. - xvi, 300 S. : Ill.
ISBN 978-93-80852-14-0
US$ 157,50 (Bagchee)
US$ 169,95 (Saujanya)
US$ 175,00 (K.K. Agencies)
DDC: 751.73095484

Beschreibung
The present book is a culmination of twenty-four years of research on Ajanta Paintings. It is a pioneering attempt to provide a true picture of Ajanta Paintings, mainly on the basis of literary sources. All the murals of Ajanta are based on episodes from Pali Tipitaka, Atthakatha, Ceylonese chronicles, H. B. S. books: Mahavastu, Divyavadana, Asvaghosha's treatises: Buddha Carita, Saundarananda Kavya, Saddharma Pundarika; which have been carefully studied. The author has collected the findings and evidences from Ancient Indian History and Culture, Buddhist art and architecture, archeology and inscriptions. All these have been scrupulously tallied.
   Nearly thirty unidentified murals have been identified for the first time and seventeen murals which were misinterpreted, have been rectified. Besides, thirty-one murals are acquainted with brief information. The plans of the caves and locations of the murals have been attested neatly for the convenience of the readers and visitors. The monograph contents fifty coloured plates photographs taken on the site, of eleven caves namely, Cave Nos. 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 19 and 26. Nearly hundred plates of Line-drawings of the murals and the images will help to give a clear idea of the cave paintings. The purpose of line-drawings is to assist the photographs and reveal the differences in past and present conditions and make murals more knowledgeable.
   The monograph will reveal a new panorama of Ajanta Paintings and enhance the joy of their beauty, especially when one is informed about the literary sources. [Vom Buchumschlag]

Inhalt
Introduction
1: CAVE NO. 1
   A. Unidentified Paintings
   B. Misinterpreted Paintings
   C. A Brief Information About Other Murals
2: CAVE NO. 2
   A. Unidentified Paintings
   B. Misinterpreted Paintings
   C. A Brief Information About Other Murals
3: CAVE NOS. 6, 9, 10 AND 16
   A. Unidentified Paintings
   B. Misinterpreted Paintings
   C. A Brief Information About Other Murals
4: CAVE NO. 17
   A. Unidentified Paintings
   B. Misinterpreted Paintings
   C. A Brief Information About Other Murals
5: EVOLUTION OF BODHISATTVAS AND BUDDHAS
Epilogue
Abbreviation
Bibliography
Index

Autorin
Dr. MEENA TALIM has retired as a Professor and head of the departments of Pali and Ancient Indian Culture, St. Xavier's (1990). She was the first person to be awarded Ph.D. in Pali from University of Mumbai (1960). Dr. Talim is presently working as an Honorary Professor at K. J. Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies and Visiting Professor at University of Mumbai, Mumbai. Profile page.

Quellen: K.K. Agencies; Bagchee; Saujanya Books
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