The child and the serpent : reflections on popular Indian symbols [The dynamism of the symbolizing process -- Symbols of opposition -- Womb-tomb symbols -- The ecology of symbolic elements and transfiguring energy -- Symbols of magical power in folklore -- Symbols of authority -- An elemental art -- Symbols of sacred space and dance in relation to the moon symbol -- The symbol of life, further reflections on the significance of the moon -- The feminine figure in Indian thought --- The symbol of the sun -- Living symbolism -- The tree at the centre of the garden of innocence -- Symbol of the serpent -- Symbol of cosmic vitality -- Complementary symbols and the idea of wholeness]
by Sahi, Jyoti
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London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980, 1980. Very Good. xiv, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0710007043 (pbk.) :; 9780710007049 (pbk.) LCCN: 80-40999 ; LC: BL1215.S9; Dewey: 294.5/37/0954 ; OCLC: 7254490 ; color pictorial paper wrappers ; Contents: The dynamism of the symbolizing process -- Symbols of opposition -- Womb-tomb symbols -- The ecology of symbolic elements and transfiguring energy -- Symbols of magical power in folklore -- Symbols of authority -- An elemental art -- Symbols of sacred space and dance in relation to the moon symbol -- The symbol of life, further reflections on the significance of the moon -- The feminine figure in Indian thought --- The symbol of the sun -- Living symbolism -- The tree at the centre of the garden of innocence -- Symbol of the serpent -- Symbol of cosmic vitality -- Complementary symbols and the idea of wholeness ; VG
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- The child and the serpent : reflections on popular Indian symbols [The dynamism of the symbolizing process -- Symbols of opposition -- Womb-tomb symbols -- The ecology of symbolic elements and transfiguring energy -- Symbols of magical power in folklore -- Symbols of authority -- An elemental art -- Symbols of sacred space and dance in relation to the moon symbol -- The symbol of life, further reflections on the significance of the moon -- The feminine figure in Indian thought --- The symbol of the sun -- Living symbolism -- The tree at the centre of the garden of innocence -- Symbol of the serpent -- Symbol of cosmic vitality -- Complementary symbols and the idea of wholeness]
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- Sahi, Jyoti
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- London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980
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- 1980
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- ancient artist asceticism Asoka Asvins Ayyappan becomes Bharhut birth body born Buddha Buddhist Buddhist art C. G. Jung C. S. Lewis called centre CHAPTER child colour concept connected consciousness cosmic cosmos creation culture dance darkness deity depi
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