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The Development of Hindu Iconography c22: Bibliography

The Development of Hindu Iconography c22

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Bibliography

A — Original Sources—Literary (in Texts and Translations)

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Vedic: Ṛgveda, Yajurveda (Śukla and Kṛṣṇa,—Vājasaneyī and Maitrāyanīya Saṃhitās) and the Atharvaveda; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, Tāṇḍya or Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa; Taittirīya Āraṇyaka; Chāndogya, Śvetāśvatara, Kāṭhaka, Muṇḍaka, Jābāla,, Mahānārāyaṇa, and other Upaniṣads; Āpastamba, Āśvalāyana, Hiraṇyakeśin, Khādira, Pāraskara and other Gṛhyasūtras.

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Epic and Purāṇic: Mahābhārata, Rāmāyaṇa. Many of the principal Purāṇas, Viṣṇudharmottara.

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Tāntric: The Pāñcarātra Saṃhitās like the Sāttvata, Ahirbudhnya, Viṣvaksena, and others; Hayaśīrṣa Pañcarātra and Vaikhānasāgama; Aṃśumadbheda, Kāmika, Kāraṇa, Kiraṇa, Suprabheda, and other Śaiva Āgamas; Śāradātilaka Tantra, Mahānirvāṇa Tantra, Tantrasāra.

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Astronomical, grammatical and other works of a general and anthological character: Bṛhatsaṃhitā, Aṣṭādhyāyī and Mahābhāṣya, Nirukta, Nighaṇṭu, Arthaśāstra and Śukranītisāra; Caturvargacintāmaṇi, Haribhaktivilāsa; Kumārasambhava, Raghuvaṃśa; Manu and Yājñavalkya Smṛtis. [J. Muir—Original Sanskrit Texts]

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Śilpaśāstras and similar texts of a technical character: Abhinayadarpaṇa, Citralakṣaṇa, Devatāmūrtiprakaraṇam, Kriyāsamuccaya, Mānasāra, Mānasollāsa, Nāṭyaśāstra (Bharata), Tāṇḍava-Lakṣaṇam, Pratimālakṣaṇam; Pratimāmānalakṣaṇam, Rūpamaṇḍana, Sādhanamālā, Samarāṅganasūtradhara, Śilparatna, Viśvakarmāvatāraśāstra.

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Buddhist and Jain Texts: Antagaḍadasāo, Āryamañjuśrīmūlakalpa, Mahāmāyūrī, Niddeśa, Samaññaphalasutta, Saṃyuktanikāya.

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The following lexicons and similar other works have been made full use of: Amarakoṣa, Śabdakalpadruma, Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Apte and Monier Williams, Pāli-English Dictionary by Childers, and by Rhys Davis and Stede, Vedic Index by Macdonell and Keith, etc.

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N.B.—Many other original sources consulted by the author but not particularly mentioned here are named in the foot-notes and the body of the text.

A — Original Sources : Archaeological

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Epigraphic : Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Epigraphia Indica, Madras Epigraphical Report.

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Numismatic : Ancient Indian Weights (E. Thomas); British Museum Catalogue of Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of India (P. Gardner); Catalogue of Coins in the Indian Museum, Vol. I (V. A. Smith); Catalogue of Coins of Ancient India in the British Museum (J. Allan); Catalogue of Coins of the Andhra, Western Kṣatrapa, Traikūṭaka and Bodhi Dynasties (E. J. Rapson); Catalogue of Gupta Coins in the British Museum (J. Allan); Coins of Ancient India (A. Cunningham); Coins of the Indo-Scythians and Kushans (A. Cunningham); Currencies of Rajputana (W. W. Webb); Punjab Museum Catalogue of Coins, Vol. I (R. B. Whitehead).

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Monumental : A Guide to the Gandhāra Sculptures in the Indian Museum (N. G. Majumdar); A Guide to the Sarnath Museum (J. Ph. Vogel and D. R. Shahni); Handbook to the Sculptures in the Peshawar Museum (Hargreaves); Handbook to the Sculptures in the Curzon Museum of Archaeology, Muttra (V. S. Agrawala); A short Guide-Book to the Archaeological Section of the Provincial Museum, Lucknow; Mathura Museum Catalogue (J. Ph. Vogel); Mediaeval Indian Sculptures in the British Museum (R. P. Chanda); Monuments of Sanchi (J. Marshall).

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Annual Reports of the Archaeological Survey of India (J. Marshall); Archaeological Survey Reports (Cunningham); Varendra Research Society, Annual Reports and Monographs; Archaeological Survey of Mayurbhanj (N. N. Vasu); Ancient India; Archaeological Survey Reports of Ceylon; Administration Report of the Archaeological Department (Travancore).

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[Besides fully consulting and utilising the above-mentioned Catalogues, Guides and Reports, the author made a special and first-hand study of the numismatic and sculptural collections in all the important museums of India.]

B — Secondary Sources

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(Memoirs, Monographs, Books in Series)

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Agrawala, V. S. Handbook to the Sculptures in the Curzon Museum of Archaeology, Muttra.

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Allan, G. Evolution of the Idea of God.

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Acharya, P. K. Dictionary of Hindu Architecture.

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Banerji, R. D. Eastern Indian School of Mediaeval Sculpture.

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— Bas-reliefs of Badami (M.A.S.I., 25).

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— Śiva Temple of Bhumara (M.A.S.I., 16).

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Barua, B. M. Barhut, Vols. II—III.

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— Gaya and Bodh Gaya, Vol. II.

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Barua and Sinha. Barhut Inscriptions.

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Bhandarkar, D. R. Carmichael Lectures, Second Series (1921).

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Bhandarkar, R. G. Vaiṣṇavism, Śaivism and Minor Religious Systems.

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Bhattacharyya, B. C. Indian Images, Part I.

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— Jaina Iconography.

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Bhattacharya, B. T. Buddhist Iconography.

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Bhattasali, N. K. Catalogue of Buddhist and Brahmanical Sculptures in the Dacca Museum.

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Bidyabinod, B. B. Varieties of Viṣṇu Image (M.A.S.I., 2).

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Bloch, T. Supplementary Catalogue of the Archaeological collection of the Indian Museum.

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Bloomfield, M. Religion of the Vedas.

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Burgess, J. Architectural Antiquities of Western India.

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Capart, J. Egyptian Art.

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Chanda, R. P. Archaeology and Vaiṣṇava Tradition (M.A.S.I., 5). — Beginnings of Art in Eastern India (M.A.S.I., 30). — Indo-Aryan Races. — Mediaeval Indian Sculptures in the British Museum.

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Clodd, Edward. Animism.

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Coomaraswamy, A. K. Dance of Śiva. — History of Indian and Indonesian Art. — Origin of the Buddha Image (Boston Museum Fine Arts Bulletin). — Yakṣas, Parts I and II.

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Coomaraswamy and Gopalakrishnayya. Mirror of Gesture.

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Das, A. C. Ṛgvedic Culture.

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Della Setta. Religion and Art.

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Dikshit, K. N. Paharpur (M.A.S.I., 55).

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Eliot, C. Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol. II.

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Elliot and Dowson. History of India as told by its Contemporary Historians.

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Fergusson, J. Tree and Serpent Worship in Ancient India.

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Fergusson and Burgess. History of Indian and Eastern Architecture.

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Foucher, A. Beginnings of Buddhist Art. — Iconography of the Nativity of the Buddha (M.A.S.I., 46).

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Fripp and Thomson. Human Anatomy for Art Students.

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Ganguly, M. Handbook to the sculptures in the Bangiya Sahitya Parishat Museum.

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Gardner, E. A. Handbook of Greek Sculpture. — Six Greek Sculptors.

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Ghirshman, R. Les Chionites et Hephtalites.

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Grousset, R. Civilisations of the East, Vol. II, India. — The Sum of History.

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Grünwedel and Burgess. Buddhist Art in India.

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Havell, E. B. Ancient and Mediaeval Architecture of India.

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Hopkins, E. W. Epic Mythology. — Religions of India.

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Hyde, W. W. Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art.

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Keith, A. B. Religion and Philosophy of the Vedas and Upaniṣads.

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Lalou, M. Iconographie des Etoffes Peintes—Paṭa.

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Macdonell, A. A. Vedic Mythology.

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Mc.Crindle, J. Ancient India as described by Megasthenes and Arrian.

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Monier-Williams. Hindu Religious Thought and Literature.

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Ram Raz. Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus.

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