Dance of Siva - Religion, Art and Poetry in South India

Informationen zum Autor David Smith is an American Businessman, Thinker, and Philanthropist. He is the founder of B180 Basketball, Inc. Smith is the author of Answers to the Struggles of Life, B180 Basketball Fundamental Skills Program, Champion's Vision, Basketball Diet, Black Athlete White Athlete, and Sports Entrepreneur. He is a talented writer and thinker that inspires individuals from all walks of life. Klappentext Siva's Dance of Bliss in poetry! iconography! ritual and philosophy is examined here. Zusammenfassung Complete account of Siva's Dance of Bliss! which is based on a Sanskrit poem written by Umapati Sivacarya about 1300 AD. It deals with the famous Chola Nataraja bronze - the best-known Hindu image - the key location of Siva's Dance in south India! and the temple of Cidambaram. With thirty illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Natar¿ja bronze; 2. The Cidambaram myth; 3. Temple, priests and ritual; 4. The Hall of Consciousness, the Heart of the Universe; 5. ¿aiva Siddh¿nta and Ved¿nta; 6. The Goddess; 7. Bhiks¿tana; 8. Bhairava the Terrible and other forms of ¿iva; 9. Saints, dancing girls, ganas and Apasm¿ra; 10. Last words; Notes; Bibliography; Index and glossary.

Product details

• Authors: Smith David, Smith Accountax David, David Smith, David (Lancaster University) Smith
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.1996
• EAN: 9780521482349
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48234-9
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Religious; Cambridge Studies in Religious
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions