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Synopsis The Kalatattvakosa Volume III is third in the series of the IGNCA programme of multi-disciplinary lexicon of fundamental concepts of the Indian tradition. In this volume seminal terms of primal elements--the Mahabhuta have been included. The terms have been scanned through a very wide spectrum of texts drawn from the fields of metaphysics to science and the arts. The essays enable the reader to comprehend the multi-layered meanings of the concepts in different contexts. This volume contains the terms : prakrti, bhutamahabhuta, akasa, vaya, agni, jyotis/tejas/prakasa, ap, prthivi/bhumi. Bettina Baumer, a renowned scholar on Kashmir Saivism and Silpasastra, has edited the volume. Besides the editor, other contributors include : K.A. Jacobsen, P.S. Filliozat, S.C. Chakrabarti, S. Chattopadhyaya, L.M. Singh, Frits Staal, S. Gupta Gombrich and P.L. Sharma. Kapila Vatsyayan is the General Editor of the series.