Landscapes in India : forms and meanings

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Landscapes in India : forms and meanings

Amita Sinha

University Press of Colorado, 2006

  • : hardcover : alk. pap

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Includes bibliography: p. 205-216

Includes index

Contents of Works

  • Landscape archetypes
  • Nature: a transcendentalist view
  • Natural archetypes
  • Nature in Ramayana
  • Landscapes and the Ramayana legend
  • Sacred landscape of Braj
  • The cosmic tree in Buddhist landscapes
  • Kalika at Pavagadh: landscape of the mother goddess
  • Spatial archetypes
  • Design of settlements in Vaastu Shastras
  • Social and spatial order in villages
  • The void as center: courtyard dwellings
  • Archetypes and design
  • Implication for pilgrimage sites
  • Implication for environmental design
  • Visions for the future

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