Shadow Puppets of South-East Asia, 9788198236852

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Shadow Puppets of South-East Asia

Lokesh Chandra (Author) Sata-Pitaka Series

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An extensive collection of shadow puppets of the wayang of Indonesia reproduced from the 36 fascicules of Serat Padalanan Ringit Purva published a century ago. The originals were presented to Prof. RaghuVira by President Soekarno of Indonesia in 1951. Wayang is the beauty of the episodes of the Mahabharata and Ramayana and other verse compositions in the enrapturing ambience of the Javanese roy...

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Lokesh Chandra

Prof. Lokesh Chandra is a renowned scholar of Tibetan, Mongolian and Sino-Japanese Buddhism. He has to his credit over 400 works and text editions. Among them are classics like his Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary, Materials for a History of Tibetan Literature, Buddhist Iconography of Tibet, and the present Dictionary of Buddhist Art in about 20 volumes. Prof. Lokesh Chandra was nominated by the President of the Republic of India to the Parliament in 1974-80 and again in 1980-86. He has been a Vice-President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, and Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research. Presently he is Director, International Academy of Indian Culture.

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