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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization, Vol. 6 » (New Edition)

Book cover image of Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization, Vol. 6 by Heinrich Robert Zimmer

Authors: Heinrich Robert Zimmer, Joseph Campbell
ISBN-13: 9780691017785, ISBN-10: 0691017786
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: May 1972
Edition: New Edition

Author Biography: Heinrich Robert Zimmer

Book Synopsis

"In viewing India's art and civilization, the late Dr. Heinrich Zimmer, a man of penetrating intellect, the keenest esthetic sensibility and a predilection for psychoanalytic methods, found unlimited material for employing all three qualities. . . . The Indian material offered is of the best quality: the language in which it is presented is imaginative, figurative, poetic, vigorous."--W. Norman Brown

The New York Times

Zimmer moves among [the myths of India] unhurriedly, with a respect that amounts to devotion. Gradually his comments bring to light the universal meanings beneath the archaic exterior.

	List of Plates
I	Eternity and Time
1	The Parade of Ants	3
2	The Wheel of Rebirth	11
3	The Wisdom of Life	19
II	The Mythology of Vishnu
1	Vishnu's Maya	23
2	The Waters of Existence	27
3	The Waters of Non-Existence	35
4	Maya in Indian Art	53
III	The Guardians of Life
1	The Serpent, Supporter of Vishnu and the Buddha	59
2	Divinities and their Vehicles	69
3	The Serpent and the Bird	72
4	Vishnu as Conqueror of the Serpent	77
5	The Lotus	90
6	The Elephant	102
7	The Sacred Rivers	109
IV	The Cosmic Delight of Shiva
1	The "Fundamental Form" and the "Playful Manifestations"	123
2	The Phenomenon of Expanding Form	130
3	Shiva-Shakti	137
4	The Great Lord	148
5	The Dance of Shiva	151
6	The Face of Glory	175
7	The Destroyer of the Three Towns	185
V	The Goddess
1	The Origin of The Goddess	189
2	The Island of Jewels	197
VI	Conclusion	217
	Index	223
	Plates	249