The Iconography of the Bhagavad Gita
It is well-known that the Bhagavad Gita has assumed a place of central importance in modern Hinduism, closely related to the ongoing debate of what constitutes the main message of this sacred text. Since the late nineteenth century a Bhagavad Gila commentary has become a de rigueur exercise for Hind...
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Dharmaram College
1982
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Journal of Dharma
Jahr: 1982, Band: 7, Heft: 2, Seiten: 146-164 |
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Text and image in the Bhagavad Gita
B Images of Krishna and Arjuna based on the Bhagavad Gita B Visual theology of a Hindu scripture B Religious and secular meanings of the GWicarya motif |
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| Zusammenfassung: | It is well-known that the Bhagavad Gita has assumed a place of central importance in modern Hinduism, closely related to the ongoing debate of what constitutes the main message of this sacred text. Since the late nineteenth century a Bhagavad Gila commentary has become a de rigueur exercise for Hindu reformers and missionary writers, including the modern Indian gurus preaching in the West. The chan- ging role and reinterpretation of this scripture have been commented upon by many Indian and Western scholars and the cross-cultural influences at work in this reinterpretation have been extensively ana- lysed. But as far as I am aware,nobody has yet studied the iconography of the Bhagavad Gita, especially the existing illustrations of its two main characters, Krishna and Arjuna. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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