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Mudras occupy an important place in Buddhist and Hindu religious practices as these signify special meanings, associated with specific divinities and rites, which cannot be represented any other way.
This book is a dictionary of mudras in Hindu and Buddhist religious practices that lists the various mudras -- deity-centred, rite-centred, yogic-centred, and so on -- illustrating each with a simple drawing drawn generally from the perspective of one holding the mudra. It contains detailed notes that give numerous references to literary and other sources that reveal a lot about the mudras -- their descriptions in the texts, rites associated with the mudras in the texts as well as the varied interpretations of a number of mudras in the different texts. The book also has an introduction on Hindu and Buddhist mudras that goes into iconographic features associated with deities along with the technical descriptions and the subcategories and further divisions into which mudras are arranged. It scrutinises the work done by a number of scholars on the subject to throw further light on the subject.
The volume will prove indispensable to all students and scholars who are engaged in study of Hindu and Buddhist religious traditions and practices.
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Fredrick W. Bunce, a PhD and a cultural historian of international eminence, is an authority on ancient iconography and Buddhist arts. He has been honoured with prestigious awards/commendations and is listed in Who's Who in American Art and the International Biographical Dictionary, 1980. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Art, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. He has authored the following books all published by D.K. Printworld:
Buddhist Textile of Laos, Lan Na and the Isan - The Iconography of Design Elements.
A Dictionary of Buddhist and Hindu Iconography.
An Encyclopaedia of Buddhist Deities, Demigods, Godlings, Saints and Demons (2 vols.).
An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Deities, Demigods, Godlings, Demons and Heroes (3 vols.).
The Iconography of Architectural Plans - A Study of the Influence of Buddhism and Hinduism on Plans of South and South-east Asia.
Islamic Tombs in India - The Iconographical and Genesis of their Design.
Monuments of India and the Indianized States.
The Mosques of the Indian Subcontinent - Their Development and Iconography.
Mudras in Buddhist and Hindu Practices - An Iconographic Consideration.
Numbers - Their Iconographic Consideration in Buddhist and Hindu Practices.
Royal Palaces, Residences and Pavilions of India - An Iconographic Consideration.
The Sacred Dichotomy: Thoughts and Comments on The Duality of Female and Male Iconography in South Asia and the Mediterranean.
The Tibetan Iconography of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Deities - A Unique Pantheon.
The Yantra of Deities and their Numerological Foundations - An Iconographic Consideration.