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Available
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Collection
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1985], c1960.
Description
Appearing for the first time in paperback and illustrated with line drawings, diagrams, and 26 half-tone plates, this study of the iconographic aspect of Japanese Buddhist sculpture surveys the significance of eight principal and six secondary hand gestures (mudra), in addition to the postures (asana), such as the "lotus," and the symbolic attributes. A pictorial index helps the reader in identifying the gestures.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
xxiii, 296 p.; 24 inches
ISBN
0691018669 / 9780691018669
Local notes
SS
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