Woman in Indian SculptureThis Monograph, First Of Its Kind, Surveys The Female Sculptures Created By Indian Artists Through Centuries, From An Ancient Era Of Indus Valley Civilization To Medieval Times. Archaeological Data Is Interpretd In The Light Of Literary And Cultural Traditions Of India. Various Images The Sculptors Conceived Of Her As Mother Doddess, Yakshi, Devangana And Surasundari, Lover Par Excellemce, One As Fond Of Wine , Dance And Musaic, Shrinagara Nayika, Paragon Of Beauty And Inerllect And Also Embodiment Of Forces Of Death And Destruction, And Made Into Sculptures, Are Described Here In Very Lucid Language, To Give The Readers An Insight Into Indian Art. |
Contents
FOREWORD | 7 |
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
THE BEGINNING | 13 |
1 EARLY REPRESENTATION | 15 |
2 WOMAN AND TREE | 21 |
3 YAKSHI | 31 |
4 MATHURA BEAUTIES | 37 |
5 AT HER FEET | 47 |
9 DEVANGANAALASAKANYA | 85 |
10 SHRINGARA NAYIKA | 93 |
11 LOVER | 107 |
12 BEAUTY AND INTELLECT | 119 |
13 LOVER OF JEWELLERY | 125 |
14 WOMAN TERRIBLE | 133 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 145 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 147 |
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10th century 10th century A.D. 1st-3rd century A.D. 2nd century B.C. ancient anklets Apsaras artist Ashoka tree Ashvaghosha bangles Bharhut Bhuvaneshvar birds breasts Buddha Buddhist Calcutta Chamunda charming courtesan damsel dance Delhi depiction Devanganas drinking Dushyanta Erotic feet female dancers Female musician female sculptures Female terracotta figurines feminine Gatha Gatha Saptashati girdle Gwalior hair heroine hips identified as Mother Indian Museum Indian sculpture Indus Civilization Kalidasa Kamasutra Khajuraho king Konark temple Krishna Kushana Kushana period literature lotus flower love-making Lovers in ivory Mahabharata Malavika Malavikagnimitra Mathura Museum Meghaduta mithuna Mohen-jo-daro Mother Goddesses motif musical instruments Nagarjunakonda National Museum Natya Shastra Nayika necklace Orissa ornaments parrot poet postures Radha railing pillar ritual Sanchi Sanghol says scene sculpted sculptural art sculpture showing Shakuntalam Shalabhanjika Shringara Sivaramamurti Srirangam Srirangam temple Museum Stupa Surasundari symbol terracotta figurines identified Varahi Vatsyayana Vishnu Vrikshika waist wine woman women Yakshi Yamuna Yoginis young