Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c2.5

v1.c2.5

“It is remarkable that, with all the present day
activity in every branch of Sanskrit research, so
very little has been done for the illustration of
mythology, which is so intimately connected with
the whole literature. It would be a legitimate part
of the duty of the Archæological Surveys to collect
materials on a systematic plan for this object;
and the production of illustrations has now become
so easy and inexpensive that photographs from
original materials of a satisfactory class might
readily be published to supply this most pressing
desideratum. The details of the emblems and
symbols of the numerous divinities of the
pantheon could also be collected, along with the
delineations, by those familiar with such symbols.
All this could easily be accomplished, and it is
consequently hoped it may before long be
attempted.”