Mirrors Of Indian Culture
Author : K. Krishna Murthy
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Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 2004-06-01
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ISBN : 9788175740679
Author : K. Krishna Murthy
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 2004-06-01
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ISBN : 9788175740679
Author : C. Sivaramamurti
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Page : 125 pages
File Size : 12,77 MB
Release : 1970
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Author : K. Krishna Murthy
Publisher : Delhi : Sundeep Prakashan
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 13,74 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Art
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Author : Calambur Sivaramamurti
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Page : 125 pages
File Size : 35,51 MB
Release : 1970
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Author : C. Sivaramamurti
Publisher :
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 18,45 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Art
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Author : Roland Michaud
Publisher :
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 26,48 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : India
ISBN : 9780500236093
The civilization of India is thousands of years old but unlike the cultures of ancient Egypt Greece & china it is still a living thing & it is that vitality that Roland & Sabrma demonstrate in this boot. By drawing on two basically different nodes of visual expressions painting or sculpture & photography they highlight the dazzling multiplicity of Indian culture from two complementary perspectives.
Author : Govindraj Venkatachalam
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Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,47 MB
Release : 1929
Category : Art
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Author : Laura A. Lewis
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 12,53 MB
Release : 2003-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0822385155
Through an examination of caste in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Mexico, Hall of Mirrors explores the construction of hierarchy and difference in a Spanish colonial setting. Laura A. Lewis describes how the meanings attached to the categories of Spanish, Indian, black, mulatto, and mestizo were generated within that setting, as she shows how the cultural politics of caste produced a system of fluid and relational designations that simultaneously facilitated and undermined Spanish governance. Using judicial records from a variety of colonial courts, Lewis highlights the ethnographic details of legal proceedings as she demonstrates how Indians, in particular, came to be the masters of witchcraft, a domain of power that drew on gendered and hegemonic caste distinctions to complicate the colonial hierarchy. She also reveals the ways in which blacks, mulattoes, and mestizos mediated between Spaniards and Indians, alternatively reinforcing Spanish authority and challenging it through alliances with Indians. Bringing to life colonial subjects as they testified about their experiences, Hall of Mirrors discloses a series of contradictions that complicate easy distinctions between subalterns and elites, resistance and power.
Author : Roxanne Kamayani Gupta
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 16,82 MB
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1594775273
The yoga and classical dance traditions of India have been inextricably entwined for millennia. The exacting hand gestures, postures and movements of Indian classical dance can only be achieved through yogic concentration. Conversely, the esthetics, symmetry, and dynamism of dance enhance the practice of yoga. These two traditions, so complementary and essential to one another, are united and explicated for the first time in A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance. Twenty-five years ago Roxanne Kamayani Gupta embarked on a journey of dance and yoga, yearning to unlock their mysteries and discover their common origins. As a twenty-year-old student from America she was miraculously and mysteriously absorbed into Indian culture, became a Hindu, and began an odyssey so unusual and unique that the reader will be enchanted by its telling. Choosing the path of the dancer, Roxanne Gupta accomplished what no Western woman had done before: being accepted and trained by Indian masters and then performing in the Indian classical traditions--from the palaces of maharajas to the arts festivals of Europe and America--while at the same time achieving a doctorate in the anthropology of religion and being initiated into a number of yogic traditions. Having mastered the classical form of Kuchipudi dance and studied with teachers of the hatha and kriya yoga traditions, she brings together these two great streams of consciousness and practice. In this tantric approach to yoga and dance, expressed through the body and through a yoga of emotions, we see the traditions embodied in a manner that embraces the totality of the human experience. The result is the dance of the yogini, the sacred feminine initiatress who dances with one foot in nature and the other in the realm of the gods. With extensive photographs of innovative yoga routines, Roxanne Kamayani Gupta distills her experience into techniques for yogic study certain to assist students of all levels to achieve a dynamic, beautiful, and graceful practice.
Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,6 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1615302034
Heir to a diverse array of traditions, the Indian subcontinent boasts customs that are distinguished by a constant juxtaposition of the ancient and the modern. The omnibus culture that has resulted from a rich history reflects an accommodation of ideas from across the globe and over time. This inviting narrative examines the tapestry of major events and beliefs that imbue everyday Indian life with vitality, and it presents the remarkable achievements in writing and the arts that have influenced individuals throughout the world.