Yaksas: Essays in the Water Cosmology

By Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

Book Overview

Yaksas is the sixth in a series of the celebrated collected works of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy--perhaps the greatest Eastern philosopher and theologian of modern times. In it he provides an in-depth study of the Yaksas (fertility deities) by reexamining a great deal of iconographic and literary material. He looks at the origins of Yaksas in the context of Vedic, Brahmanical, and Upanisadic literature; addresses the interpretive levels of artistic motif; and looks at non-Indian literature, particularly on the water cosmology. This seminal critical text reveals the significance of Yaksas in religious history and iconographic evolution.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195633857
• ISBN13: 9780195633856
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.6"