Research Catalog

Title

Myths and symbols in Indian art and civilization / Heinrich Zimmer ; edited by Joseph Campbell.

Author

Zimmer, Heinrich Robert, 1890-1943.

Publication

[New York] : Pantheon Books, [1946]

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Details

Additional Authors

Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987.

Description

xiii, 248 pages, [32] pages plates : plates; 24 cm

Series Statement

The Bollingen series ; VI

Uniform Title

Bollingen series ; 6.

Subjects

• Indien
• Symbolen
• Mythologie
• Symbolik
• Mythos > Motiv
• Symbolism
• Mythology, Indic
• Hindu art
• Civilization
• India > Civilization

Note

• At head of title: Heinrich Zimmer.
• "Lecture course delivered at Columbia University the winter term of 1942."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Eternity and time: The parade of ants ; The wheel of rebirth ; The wisdom of life -- The mythology of Vishnu: Vishnu's māyā ; The waters of existence ; The waters of non-existence ; Māyā in Indian art -- The guardians of life: The serpent, supporter of Vishnu and the Buddha ; Divinities and their vehicles ; The serpent and the bird ; Vishnu as conqueror of the serpent ; The lotus ; The elephant ; The sacred rivers -- The cosmic delight of Shiva: The "fundamental form" and the "playful manifestations" ; The phenomenon of expanding form ; Shiva-Shakti -- The great lord -- The dance of Shiva -- The face of glory -- The destroyer of the three towns -- The goddess: The origin of the goddess ; The island of jewels -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 0691017786
• 9780691017785

LCCN

46007144

OCLC

• ocm00377871
• 377871
• SCSB-419463

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library