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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 (Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie, 卷 Band 14). https://doi.org/10.11588/xabooks.884
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06/08/2021
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.
