This volume is an attempt to present a comprehensive work on Buddhist iconography of India, and is mainly based on Sanskrit text prepared from seven recensions of the Sadhanamala alias Sadhanasamuccaya. The text has been illustrated by pictures representing images in several museums in India and elsewhere in the collection of numerous Nepalese monasteries.
In the present work endeavour has been made to identify the images of Buddhist deities by means of Dhyanas given in the Sadhanamala. Wherever images could not be procured, the Sadhana has been illustrated with the help of sketches or drawings prepared by Nepalese chitrakaras of Buddhist origin from the ancient albums of their forefathers. Where no drawing could be obtained only the original text has been quoted with a translation.
The importance of Indian Buddhist Iconography lies not only in its being one of the earliest authentic account but also as one of the most outstanding work on the subject not withstanding the change in perception due to new material and research. The work which has long been out-of-print is being re-issued for the use of art-historians, archaeologists, conservators and also for the lay readers.
This volume represents part of the work done by me as a Government Research Scholar in Iconography for four years from 1920 to 1924. it is an attempt to write a comprehensive work on the Buddhist Iconography of India, and is mainly based on a Sanskrit text ...
评分This volume represents part of the work done by me as a Government Research Scholar in Iconography for four years from 1920 to 1924. it is an attempt to write a comprehensive work on the Buddhist Iconography of India, and is mainly based on a Sanskrit text ...
评分This volume represents part of the work done by me as a Government Research Scholar in Iconography for four years from 1920 to 1924. it is an attempt to write a comprehensive work on the Buddhist Iconography of India, and is mainly based on a Sanskrit text ...
评分This volume represents part of the work done by me as a Government Research Scholar in Iconography for four years from 1920 to 1924. it is an attempt to write a comprehensive work on the Buddhist Iconography of India, and is mainly based on a Sanskrit text ...
评分This volume represents part of the work done by me as a Government Research Scholar in Iconography for four years from 1920 to 1924. it is an attempt to write a comprehensive work on the Buddhist Iconography of India, and is mainly based on a Sanskrit text ...
这本书的叙述风格着实让人耳目一新,它没有采用那种教科书式的、冷冰冰的罗列和断代史的写法,反而更像是一位经验丰富的考古学家,带着你深入田野,一步步揭开隐藏在石窟和寺庙中的秘密。作者的语言充满了画面感和洞察力,尤其是在描述那些复杂的多臂神祇或曼陀罗结构时,他总能找到最精准而又富有诗意的词汇来捕捉其神韵。读起来,你会感觉自己不是在被动接收信息,而是在与这些古老的造像进行一场跨越时空的对话。他对不同地域流派之间细微的风格演变把握得极为精妙,这种深入骨髓的理解,绝非是浅尝辄止的资料汇编所能达到的。我喜欢他时不时插入的、关于地方信仰和民间传说的小插曲,这些非正统的“野史”为冰冷的图像分析注入了鲜活的人文气息,让整部作品的层次感一下子丰富了起来。
评分这本书的结构安排极具逻辑性,它没有采用我们惯常认为的“先概论后细节”的线性结构,而是巧妙地将地域性与时间性融合在一起,形成了一个相互参照的复杂网络。开篇并没有急于界定“印度佛教”的范围,而是先从核心的宇宙观模型入手,像是搭建了一个无形的框架,然后才开始将具体的造像作为“砖块”填充进去。这种从宏观到微观,再从微观回溯到整体脉络的叙事方式,非常考验读者的理解能力,但也极大地提升了阅读的沉浸感。特别是当涉及到密宗复杂的坛城图像时,作者居然能够将那些极其抽象和几何化的概念,用非常平实易懂的图文结合方式呈现出来,让人在面对那些看似杂乱无章的符号时,不再感到迷失方向,反而能清晰地看到其内在的秩序和美感。
评分这本书的参考文献和注释系统做得堪称典范,这对于任何严肃的研究者来说都是至关重要的加分项。我特意查看了末尾的引文列表,其引用的资料之丰富和跨度之大,令人咋舌,涵盖了从早期阿耆罗神话到近现代西方汉学家的重要论著,充分体现了作者在信息整合和学术对话上的功力。更令人赞叹的是,每一条主要的论点后,几乎都有详尽的小注,这些小注往往提供了补充信息或者指出不同学派的争议焦点,有效地避免了作者个人观点的绝对化,保持了学术的开放性。对于我个人而言,这本书现在已经成为了我案头必备的“索引库”,当我遇到某个特定的手印或法相命名有疑问时,我可以直接翻到对应的索引页,快速定位到精确的讨论段落,极其方便,极大地提高了我的研究效率。
评分从内容的深度和广度来看,这本书显然是倾注了作者数十年心血的结晶。它不仅仅停留在对“这是什么佛像”、“它有什么特征”的表面描述上,而是深入探讨了图像背后的哲学根源和社会背景。我印象最深的是关于“手印”(Mudra)的章节,作者极其细致地剖析了每一个手势在不同时期、不同教义体系下的微妙含义差异,这种层层递进的解析,彻底颠覆了我过去对佛教造像的刻板印象。很多在其他地方看到的资料里,对图像的解释往往是单一或附会的,但这本书提供了多重视角的解读,甚至引用了大量的梵文和巴利文原典来佐证其观点,显示出极强的学术严谨性。它不是一本能快速翻完的书,更像是一部需要反复研读的工具书,每次重读都能从中挖掘出新的理解维度,尤其适合那些已经有一定基础,渴望进一步深化学术研究的读者。
评分这本书的装帧设计实在是太吸引人了,硬壳精装,纸张的质感摸上去就感觉很厚重、很考究,一看就是那种能摆在书架上镇场面的大部头。封面设计上,那种深沉的墨绿色配上烫金的书名,透露出一种古典而庄严的气息,让人在拿起它的瞬间,就仿佛被拉入了一个充满神秘色彩的古代世界。内页的印刷质量也是一流的,插图和图片的清晰度高得惊人,即便是那些非常细微的雕刻细节,也展现得淋漓尽致。我特别欣赏作者在排版上的用心,留白恰到好处,使得整本书读起来丝毫不觉得拥挤,即便是大段的文字论述,也保持了很好的呼吸感。装订处非常牢固,看得出是用心制作的工艺品,而非快消品。这种对实体书的尊重,让阅读体验本身变成了一种仪式感,也反映出出版方对“图标志学”这一严肃主题的重视。对于我这种收藏爱好者来说,光是捧着这本书阅读,就已经是一种极大的享受了。
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