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Wessels-Mevissen, Corinna: The Gods of the Directions in Ancient India: Origin and Early Development in Art and Literature (until c. 1000 A.D.), Heidelberg: CrossAsia, 2021 (Monographs on Indian Archaeology, Art and Philology, Volume Band 14). https://doi.org/10.11588/xabooks.884
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The book was originally published in 2001 by Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin. ISBN 3-496-02713-4
The Gods of the Directions in Ancient India: Origin and Early Development in Art and Literature (until c. 1000 A.D.)
This comprehensive study presents the origins and diverse trajectories of development of the concept of the - mostly eight - directional deities (dikpalas) in the literature and especially in the art of India in a describing and analyzing approach, with the help of an extensive illustration section. Such treatment of the material yields new insights in iconographic research on the figure art of India.