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Time in Indian Cultu...
Time in Indian Culture
Diverse Perspectives by: Priyadarshi Patnaik , Suhita C. Chatterjee , Damodar SuarThe volume is a comprehensive collection of papers dealing with the philosophical, religious/spiritual, and linguistic aspects of time, and time as understood in Indian art, music and other aspects of culture.
₹450.00
ISBN: 9788124605356
Year Of Publication: 2009
Edition: 1st
Pages : vi, 225
Bibliographic Details : 16 b/w photographs, index
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Size: 23
Weight: 500
The concept of time has been variously interpreted and debated in the Indian tradition since ancient times. It is referred to by the word kala which has many meanings like time personified, time as death, time as a cycle and so on, and other words like samaya, vela, kshana as well, which refer to various aspects of time.
The volume is a comprehensive collection of papers dealing with the philosophical, religious/spiritual and linguistic aspects of time, and time as understood in Indian art, music and other aspects of culture. Scholars explore themes such as the notion of beginning of time in cosmology, theology and philosophy, time as interpreted by the Indian philosophical systems, use of the notion of time by Bhartrihari, and concepts of time as interpreted by Indian poets. They examine time as experienced in the seasonal, ritual cycles of Indian social, cultural and physical life, use of tala and laya in north Indian music, interpretation of time in the Ragamala painting tradition, perception of time in Indian architecture, and in Indian popular culture.
Introduction
Section I
Philosophy and Religion
1. Does Time have a Beginning? — Some Inter-systemic and General Reflections
— P.K. Mukhopadhyaya
2. Time and its Knowledge
— Sukha Ranjan Saha
3. Time as Power: A Brief Survey of Bhartriharis Metaphysics — The Notion of Time in Kalasamuddesha
— Tandra Patnaik
4. Time in Language
— G.P. Panda
5. Time in the Spiritual Traditions of India
— Niranjan Mohanty
Section II
Literature, Culture and the Arts
6. Time in Indian Tradition: A Note on the Mahabharata
— Binda Paranjape
7. Time as History, as Myth
— H.S. Komalesha & Jason A. Manjaly
8. Time in North Indian Music
— Sushil Kumar Saxena
9. Time: Representation in Form
— Bimalaprasad Mohapatra
10. Time and the Ragamala Painting Tradition
— Priyadarshi Patnaik
11. Time and Architecture: Dialogues — The Indian Perspective
— Joy Sen & Joydeep Dutta
12. Time in Indian Popular Culture
— Amrita Basu
The Contributors
Index