Beer, Robert - The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols

Boston, Shambhala, 2003. 1st ed. orig. wrappers. 24x17cm, xiv, 262 pp. PAPERBACK.. Textual illustrations.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: The Eight Auspicious Symbols; The Eight Auspicious Substances; The Five Attributes of Sensory Enjoyment; The Chakravartin; Symbolic Emblemes and Offering; Animals and Mythical Creatures; Cosmoligical Symbols; Main Ritual and Tantric Implements; Eapons; The Five Magical Weapons of Shri Devi; Hand Emblems and Ritual Attributes; Plant Attributes;The Reality-Source or Dharmodaya; Tormas and Symbolic Offerings; Hand Gestures or Mudras; Appendices; Glossary. ["This handbook contains an extensive array of symbols and motifs, accompanied by succinct explanations. It provides treatment of the most essential Tibetan religious figures, themes, and motifs, both secular and religious. For artists, designers, and all with an interest in Buddhist and Tibetan art, this book features hundreds of the author's own line drawings, depicting landscapes, deities, animals, plants, gurus, mudras (ritual hand gestures),dragons, and other mythic creatures - ranging from complex mythological scenes to small simple ornaments. Robert Beer has studied and practised Tibetan thangka painting for over 30 years. Since the early 1990s, he has worked on an extensive series of iconographic drawings depicting the major deities, lineage holders, and symbols that occur in the spectrum of Tibetan art" - Publisher's description]

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