Author: Chawla, Jyotsna
Title: The Rgvedic Deities and Their Iconic Forms
Description: New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 1990. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with silver gilt lettering on spine, gray and white illustrated dust jacket with white lettering, xvi, 226 pp. bw illustrations. "The present work is conditioned by a kind of unconventional approach to the study of Vedic elements of iconic forms and concepts especially those mentioned in Rgveda. She feels that all gods of Hinduism are basically rhe gods of the Rgveda which changed their forms from time to time to meet the demand of the people. In her view these developments are well attested to by the literature of historical times, e/g/ the Smrtis and the Puranas." - dust jacket description. G+/G (previous owner's nameplate on front page, age toning on textblock, minor shelf wear, all pages clear and intact - dust jacket is price-clipped on front flap, shows wear at top and bottom, with small tear in top right front corner, still protective) .

Keywords: Rgveda ; Rgveda ; ; Rgveda


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