Wisdom Books
 

Contact Us

For any sales queries please contact us on
+44 (0)20 8553 5020
Full contact details
The Robert Beer Online Galleries
Buddhism Books, Buddhist, Meditation, martial arts
 Search Wisdom Books click for advanced search 
Search For All words Any words
Browse Subjects | Browse Authors | Sitemap | A-Z Index | Email club
Ask the expert | Customer Help | Contact Wisdom | Wisdom Shop
Your Account
Your basket is currently empty
Bestsellers | New Releases | Forthcoming | Special Offers | Extracts
You are here : Home > Books > General > Buddhist Art

Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs


Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs

This title has been delisted
Author(s) : Beer, Robert
Publishers Price : £40.00
Wisdom Price : £36.00(save 10%)
Availability : Usually available in 7 day(s)
ISBN : 1932476105
EAN : 9781932476101
Cover : Hardback
Pages : 392
Size : 297 x 210mm
Publisher : Serindia
Published : 1999
Category : Buddhist Art
Category 2 : Buddhist Symbolism
Synopsis:
The culmination of a 15 year project to compile an extensive series of iconographical drawings, this book depicts the symbols, ritual objects, lineage holders and major deities which occur within the vast spectrum of Tibetan art.

Reflecting upon the inner and often hidden meanings and origins encapsulated in this most complex of inconographical traditions, this book features several thousand individual drawings, and the accompanying text by the author interweaves the origins, meanings and functions of this vast symbolism, derived from India, Tibet and China, into a comprehensive tapestry within a Buddhist conceptual framework.

Twelve chapters present the following subjects: landscape elements, flora, fauna, mythological and natural animals, narrative illustrations, cosmology - mount meru, mandala offering, astrology, the Kalachakra mantra syllables, stupas, chakras and channel-wheel systems, mudras, the chakravartin, auspicious offerings and symbols, ritual implements and weapons, wrathful attributes, tormas, the inner and outer offerings, geometric borders and designs.
  • Read an extract of this title
  • Email details of this title to a friend

  • The following related titles are recommended :
    Deities of Tibetan Buddhism Deities of Tibetan Buddhism
    Willson, Martin and Brauen, Martin
    Price £147.60
    Save 18%
      

    Customers that purchased Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs also bought :
    Never Give Up [Card] Never Give Up [Card]
    Dalai Lama
    Price £1.15
    Never Give Up [DVD] Never Give Up [DVD]
    Rivero, Fernanda and James Gritz
    Price £18.36
    Save 20%
    Bodhisattva [DVD] Bodhisattva [DVD]
    Elliott, Mark
    Price £19.51
    Save 15%

    Other Buddhist Art Titles :
    Bestsellers
    Sacred Art of Tibet
    History of Tibetan Painting
    Buddhist Iconography
    View all Bestsellers...
       

    Recently Viewed Items :
    Gandhari Dharmapada - £24.95
    Brough, John

    Rainbow Palace - £8.99
    Tenzin Choedak, Dr

    Dictionary of Buddhist Proper Names - £31.49
    Akanuma, Chizen

    ^^Top | Home | Books | DVD & Video | Audio | Cards | Posters | Products | Statues | Sitemap | A to Z | Advanced Search
    Privacy | Terms & Conditions | Customer Help | Contact Us | About Wisdom | Wisdom Shop | Arura Tibetan Medicine
    All contents © Wisdom Books 2001-2013

    FacebookJoin us on Facebook | TwitterFollow us on Twitter | Read our Blog