{"product_id":"many-heads-arms-and-eyes-origin-meaning-and-form-of-multiplicity-in-indian-art-9789004448308","title":"Many Heads, Arms and Eyes: Origin, Meaning and Form of Multiplicity in Indian Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Doris Meth Srinivasan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asian - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the first things that strike the Western viewer of Indian art is the multiplicity of heads, arms and eyes. This convention grows out of imagery conceived by Vedic sages to explain creation. This book for the first time investigates into the meaning of this convention. The author concentrates on its origins in Hindu art and on preceding textual references to the phenomenon of multiplicity.\u003cbr\u003e The first part establishes a general definition for the convention. Examination of all Brahmanical literature up to, and sometimes beyond, the 1st - 3rd century A.D., adds more information to this basic definition.\u003cbr\u003e The second part applies this literary information mainly to icons of the Yaksa, Śiva, Vāsudeva-Kṛsṇa and the Goddess, and indicates how Brahmanical cultural norms, exemplified in Mathurā, can transmit textual symbols.\u003cbr\u003e Both Part I and Part II provide iconic modules and a \u003ci\u003emethodology to generate interpretations\u003c\/i\u003e for icons with this remarkable feature through the Gupta age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46452003897495,"sku":"9789004448308","price":10424.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789004448308.webp?v=1769139242","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/many-heads-arms-and-eyes-origin-meaning-and-form-of-multiplicity-in-indian-art-9789004448308","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}