Parvatidarpana: An Exposition of Kashmir Saivism through the Images of Siva and Parvati
Dehejia, Harsha V.
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Book ID : 2544
ISBN-10 : 81-208-1483-5 / 8120814835
ISBN-13 : 978-81-208-1483-7 / 9788120814837
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2010
Edition : (Second Revised Edition)
Language : English
xi, 120p., 16 Col. Plts., Gloss., Bib., 23 cm. (First Edition pub. in 2008)
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
The marriage of Siva and Parvati represents the union of the blissful, formless spirit with the dynamic energy that permeats the universe. This is a myth full of symbolic significance and is reflected throughout the Hindu tradition in various forms-ligerary as well as iconographical.
In Parvatidarpana Harsha V. Dehejia exposits the basic tenets of Kasmir Saivism through the celebrated marriage of Siva and Parvati and the image of the Ardhanarisvara. Enjoyment of the mythic marriage and the image leads to a greater understanding of Kashmir Saivism, and the epistemology of this philosophical system in turn leads the aesthete to a greater celebration of the arts inspired by this mythic event. Image leads to the idea and the idea in turn leads one back to the image creating a rich aesthetic experience.
