The Great Mysore Bhagavata: Complete Study of a Manuscript from the Binney Collection in the San Diego Museum of Art
Author: B.N. Goswamy
ISBN: 9789389136043
Price: Rs. 3325.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
A ‘southern’ manuscript? With the exception of the work done in the sultanates of the Deccan, relatively little attention, certainly compared to the attention that schools of painting in the North have received, has gone to painting in the southern parts of India. Even rarer has been the fact of a complete, surviving manuscript from the South being taken in hand and studied in such detail. This book from Mysore, therefore, stands out and shines, not only because of the splendour of its illustrations but also because it engages with an enduring theme—that great and sacred text, The Bhagavata purāna—in a manner, and from an angle, that is completely different from almost anything else that one sees. There are leaps of imagination here that take one’s breath away, and the episodes picked up by its great but unnamed illustrators are explored in dense, brilliant detail. At each step the painters seem to have been aware of the importance of the text itself. For the purāna they were engaging with has a very special place in the heart of devotees, there being the belief that the Bhagavata ‘is equal in status to the Veda’. ‘those who have drunk with their ears even a single syllable of the story of the Bhagavata are freed from the cycle of birth and death’, it has been said. The narrative in their hands, therefore, remains not simply an absorbing narrative, but can be seen immersed in bhakti—devotion—that is the leitmotif of this purāna. The scope of the volume is restricted to the second half of the tenth book of the purāna—in which the winsome childhood and the seductive growing years of Krishna get left out—but as a devotee one is led into a different world. Here the city of dwarfs is founded; a fierce contest with the bear-king jambavana is fought; the khandava forest is burnt down; the great fortress of narakasura is attacked and vanquished; the city of Hastinapura is dragged to the waters; great pilgrimages are undertaken; hordes of enslaved princes are freed; Shishupala is slain; Jarasandha is riven. Wide-eyed, one sees wonders piling upon majestic wonders. Read more
Browse this title within our Children's Books collection. Edition details: English, 336 pages. Reference ISBN: 9789389136043.
About the Author
B.N. Goswamy was internationally acclaimed for deciphering inscriptions and stylistic lineages of Indian miniature painters.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Ages 6–10 / Early Readers
- Language & Format
- English • Paperback
- ISBN Reference
- 9789389136043
- Publisher
- Niyogi Books
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What is this book about?
A ‘southern’ manuscript? With the exception of the work done in the sultanates of the Deccan, relatively little attention, certainly compared to the attention that schools of painting in the North have received, has gone to painting in the southern parts of India. Even rarer has been the fact of a...
Who should read this book?
Ideal for young readers, parents, and elementary school students looking for an engaging, humor-filled adventure that builds reading confidence and vocabulary.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this if you’re drawn to rare, beautifully researched art books that feel like discoveries. This premium scholarly study opens a window onto a complete South Indian illustrated manuscript—something almost never examined in such depth. You get breathtaking visual analysis, cultural context, and a fresh way of seeing the Bhagavata Purana through the eyes of master painters. It’s a reference work, a visual feast, and a collector’s treasure in one.
- Published by Niyogi Books.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 336.
Catalog Description
A ‘southern’ manuscript? With the exception of the work done in the sultanates of the Deccan, relatively little attention, certainly compared to the attention that schools of painting in the North have received, has gone to painting in the southern parts of India. Even rarer has been the fact of a complete, surviving manuscript from the South being taken in hand and studied in such detail. This book from Mysore, therefore, stands out and shines, not only because of the splendour of its illustrations but also because it engages with an enduring theme—that great and sacred text, The Bhagavata purāna—in a manner, and from an angle, that is completely different from almost anything else that...
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