The spirit of Indian painting

انگليسي.

"Previously published in 2014 in the Indian subcontinent by Penguin Books India"--Colophon.

A layered world.-Close encounters with 101 great works.-Visions. Hiranyagarbha: the cosmic egg.-A Bodhisattva, possibly Ratnapani.-The goddess green Tara dispenses boons.-The heavenly court of Indra.-Rival armies meet across the river.-Krishna subdues Trinavarta, the whirlwind demon.-Umar slays a dragon with Naphtha.-The prophet Ilyas rescues a prince.-The great goddess in her Chamunda form.-Neptune,lord of the seas.-The speaking tree.-The virgin and child.-The goddess Saraswati enthroned.-The house of Bijapur.-Rama, Sita and Lakshmana in exile.-King Kamsa in his inner apartments.-Kamsa attempts to kill the newborn child.-The celestial chariot.-Krishna lifting the Mount Govardhan.-The Devi rides in state.-Shiva,ever solicitous of his other half.-Shiva and Parvati among the clouds.-Indra dancing.-Meru,the golden mountain.-Vasudeva takes the infant Krishna across the Yamuna River.-The great goddess battles the demons.-Rasamandala:the eternal dance.-The house of the Pandavas is set on fire.-The emergence of Varaha:boar incarnation of Vishnu.-A boat adrift on a river.-The Devi diagram.-Rama,Sita and Lakshmana cross the Ganga.-King Dasharatha's cremation.-Shiva and his family.-Vishvarupa:the cosmic form of Krishna.-Krishna storms the citadel of Narakasura.-Three aspects of the absolute.-Observation.A chameleon.-Learned disputations between Jain monks.-Portrait of the Emperor Akbar-A young scholar.-Two camels fighting.-When the lamp of life in extinguished.-Perils of the Chittor....

Glossary.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 556-560) and index.