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India and South-East Asia

by: Lokesh Chandra

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ISBN: 9788194085096
Year Of Publication: 2020
Pages : 271
Bibliographic Details : Index
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: Aditya Prakashan
Size: 29cm
Weight: 1050

Overview

The South-East is a cultural perspective aptly named agneyi the direction of the God Agni. It is reflected even in the Sino-Japanese Mahakarunagarbha mandala of the 8th century where Agni is surrounded by sages: Angiras with his consort Gautami and Atreya with his consort Bhrgvi. In the Pao-hsiang Lou pantheon Agni is surrounded by eight rsi’s Angiras, Vasistha, Garga, Markandeya, Gautama, Kasyapa, Shan-ch’eng-ming-yang and Su-chi-i (the Sanskrit names of the last two have to yet to be found). In Indic terms, the conceptual space of SE Asia endows it with the serenity of the mind, the grandeur of structures, the profundity of expression derived from Sanskrit. The SE is the mind ground of the sages, the rishis, and as such the marvellous manifestation of the Hindu-Buddhist genius. This book chronicles the dynamism, the fire, the Agni of the Agneya (SE) direction across the past that shades into the present with tomorrows inside.

Contents

Preface
INDIA AND THAILAND
1. From the seventh century to the present
2. Prof. RaghuVira and Thailand
3. Prof. RaghuVira’s visit to Thailand (1951)
4. Sanskrit in Thailand
5. Traditional cultures and technological progress
6. Footprints of Thai culture
7. In the monasteries of Thailand
8. Hindu deities in Thailand
9. Ramayana in Thailand
10. Chariot of Heaven
11. Sanskrit terminology of Thailand
12. Thai railway terms
INDIA AND LAOS
INDIA AND SRILANKA
INDIA AND INDONESIA
INDIA AND VIETNAM
Champa in the global vision of classical India
Index

Meet the Author
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1927
Prof. Lokesh Chandra is a renowned scholar of Tibetan, Mongolian and Sino-Japanese Buddhism. He has to his credit over 360 works and text editions. Among them are classics like Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary; Materials for a History of Tibetan Literature; Buddhist Iconography of Tibet; and his ongoing Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography (about 20 volumes). He was nominated by the President of the Republic of India to the Parliament in 1974-80 and again in 1980-86. He has been Vice-President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research. Presently he is Director, International Academy of Indian Culture.

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