Stella Kramrisch
University of Pennsylvania
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The Journal of Asian Studies | 1982
Ashok Aklujkar; Stella Kramrisch; Praful C. Patel
One of the three great gods of Hinduism, Siva is a living god. The most sacred and most ancient book of India, The Rg Veda, evokes his presence in its hymns; Vedic myths, rituals, and even astronomy testify to his existence from the dawn of time. In a lively meditation on Siva--based on original Sanskrit texts, many translated here for the first time--Stella Kramrisch ponders the metaphysics, ontology, and myths of Siva from the Vedas and the Puranas. Who is Siva? Who is this god whose being comprises and transcends everything? From the dawn of creation, the Wild God, the Great Yogi, the sum of all opposites, has been guardian of the absolute. By retelling and interweaving the many myths that keep Siva alive in India today, Kramrisch reveals the paradoxes in Sivas nature and thus in the nature of consciousness itself.
The Journal of Asian Studies | 1956
Stella Kramrisch
According to traditional Indian belief and practice every creature has a function ( vrata ) which he fulfills in the universe. What function did the artist or craftsman fulfill in society, and in that other invisible part of the universe, which he was able to convey by his work to those around him and to posterity? The distinction often made in the West between artist and craftsman did not affect India. The practitioner of one of the sixty-four recognized branches of art ( kala ), which provided channels for every possible kind of creative endowment to be trained and employed, fulfilled his calling in the best way possible to him, and thus carried out his universal task.
Archive | 2015
Stella Kramrisch; Raymond Burnier
Archive | 1988
Stella Kramrisch; R. Gordon Wasson; Carl A. P. Ruck
Artibus Asiae | 1957
Stella Kramrisch; Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Archive | 1953
Stella Kramrisch; Benjamin Rowland
Artibus Asiae | 1955
Stella Kramrisch; Heinrich Zimmer; Joseph Campbell
Asian Folklore Studies | 1982
Stella Kramrisch
Archive | 1960
Stella Kramrisch; Louis Frédéric
Journal of American Folklore | 1958
Stella Kramrisch