A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Image worship
This page describes Image worship which is located on page 64 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) [by Bhagyashree Sarma]
8(a): Image Making: The Concept. The tradition of image worship appears to be very ancient. In the Vedic time,. there was not seen the practice of image worship was not recorded. In the Yajurveda, the existence of image is clearly refuted and god is accepted as bodiless. Moreover, according to the Shvetashvetaropanishad, god has no form and cannot be seen through eyes. Max Müller denies the existence of idol worship in Vedic time....
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Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas [by Goswami Mitali]
Sun-god and the Image-Worship. Though the image worship was not prominent in the Vedic period, yet it is evident to think that it was prevalent in ancient India. For example, the citation about the hands, limbs, mouth, etc., of different divinities carries out the mind of the people towards the image worship. Again, in the Agnicayana sacrifice a gold man is placed along with the gold plate and the Lotus leaf....
Read full contents: Part 41 - Sun-god and the Image-Worship
Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [by D. N. Shukla]
The excavations at Mohenjodaro unmistakably speak of the cult of the image worship, even in that hoary past. Naturally, therefore, if the non-Aryan origin may be attributed to this most powerful institution of image worship, many vexing problems of the Indian Architecture and more especially the stone-architecture—the temple, can be solved. The image worship was fit only for the ignorant; the cultured and the refined ones never resorted to it, in that sublime age of the Vedas and Vedangas....
Read full contents: Chapter 2 - The Origin of the Prasada-vastu
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