{"product_id":"imaging-wisdom-seeing-and-knowing-in-the-art-of-indian-buddhism-v-44-buddhist-tradition-v-44","title":"Imaging Wisdom: Seeing and Knowing in the Art of Indian Buddhism: v.44 (Buddhist Tradition, v.44)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacob N. Kinnard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Motilal Banarsidass Publishers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 01-12-2001\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e On its broadest level, this book contributes to an ongoing expansion of both the history of religions and Buddhist studies by focusing on what is a far too frequently ignored aspect of religious experience: visual images. This is a study that is intended to speak to and be relevant for, not only those interested specifically in Buddhism, but also scholars and students in the field of religion at large who are interested in the dialectical ways abstract, abstruse and even rarified textual discourses interact with devotional practices 'on the ground'. The specific focus of this book is on the Buddhist visual practices surrounding the visual representation of a single, central concept, prara or wisdom, in medieval north India. Prajna, however, was not only an intellectual state and spiritual goal to which to aspire. Rather, wisdom also becomes a quality to be visually represented and ritually responded to and even an active presence to be venerated in much the same manner as the Buddha himself. This book explores the ways in which the production and use of artisticimages involving prajna constituted a central, if not the central, component of Buddhist religious practice in medieval India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788120817937\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e english\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Motilal Banarsidass Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49338697023792,"sku":"DRG.MLBD_9788120817937","price":127.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/motilal-banarsidass-publications-book-default-title-imaging-wisdom-seeing-and-knowing-in-the-art-of-indian-buddhism-v-44-buddhist-tradition-v-44-39650793816368.jpg?v=1775954913","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/imaging-wisdom-seeing-and-knowing-in-the-art-of-indian-buddhism-v-44-buddhist-tradition-v-44","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}