Description
Book SynopsisReading Śiva is an illustrated bibliography on the Hindu god Śiva in the arts, crafts, coins, seals and inscriptions from South and Southeast Asia. It results from a century of ABIA bibliographic work and covers over 1500 academic publications since 1672. This scholarly and multi-disciplinary volume offers keyword-indexed annotations. The detailed indices on authors, geographic terms and subjects enable an easy search through the data. Links with the entries to resource repositories (such as JSTOR, Persée, Project MUSE, Academia.edu, ResearchGate and the Internet Archive) and links added to the sumptuous illustrations immediately take you to these resource sites.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Bibliographical Records Part 1: Archaeology The Liṅgam Illustrations ‘The Liṅgam’ Part 2: Arts Śiva Benign and Wrathful Illustrations ‘Śiva Benign and Wrathful’ Part 2: Arts (continued) Śiva and His Family Illustrations ‘Śiva and His family’ Part 2: Arts (continued) Śiva Dancing Illustrations ‘Śiva Dancing’ Part 3: Inscriptions, Coins and Seals Around Śiva Illustrations ‘Around Śiva’ Index of Authors Index of Geography Index of Subjects
