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Publisher: CHAUKHAMBHA ORIENTALIA, Delhi |
| Author: S. N. Ghoshal Sastri | |
| Language: English | |
| Pages: 209 (Fig: 6) | |
| Cover: Hardcover | |
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11.0" X 9.0" |
| Edition: 1983 | |
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IDG008 |
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Born in an orthodox Brahmana family of Bengal and educated traditionally in Varanasi, Dr. S.N. Ghoshal Sastri started his carrier as a teacher of a Sanskrit Institution and an editor of the Chaukhambha Sanskrit Series, Varanasi.
During the time, he had the privilege to sit under the feet of some celebrated scholars of the time; like Mm. Pramthantha Tarkabhusana, Mm. Balakrsna Misra and Mm. Gopinath Kaviraj.
He took active part in the '42 Movement and went underground as a suspect of the Chukaghat-case, Varanasi; that provided him a chance to learn English.
Acquitted of the alleged charge, he completed university education from B. H. U. and joined Visva-Bharati with an experience of a Sanskrit lecturer for 12 years in Jaunpur and Varanasi, U.P. He was entrusted with teaching & editing MSS. In the Dept. of Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrita. In addition to his normal duties, he extended cooperation to other departments, like Philosophy, Education and Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology.
As a veteran teacher and seasoned manuscriptologist, he edited two Urtexts on Indian Aesthetics of the Scholastic School as well as the Neo-Rasa-Scholastic School as well as the Neo-Rasa-School. He had the honour of compiling and publishing the Ist volume of the Descriptive Catalogues of Sanskrit MSS. Deposited in the Sanskrit MSS. Section, Vidya-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati.
Now, as an inmate of poet Tagore's hermitage, Santiniketan; he dovoted his life to present the country a complete work on Indian Aesthetics, ventilating its three major streams; Poetry, Arts and Music, extracting their fundamental principles of 'one-in-Two,' from the Yamala stream of the Tantra-Sastra.
Dr. S. N. Gghoshal Sastri, M.A.; B.T.; Ph.D.;
Kavya-Vyakaranatirhta, Sahitya-sastri,
Reader, Department of Sasnkrit, Pali & Prakrta
Hony. Editor, Sanskrit MSS.
Visva-Bharati: Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
| Chapter I: | Universalism in Indian Arts: | 1-9 |
| Chapter II: | Arts in Pre-historic, Pauranika & Classic Ages: | 10-20 |
| Chapter III: | Cultural Colonization of India: | 21-31 |
| Chapter IV: | Poetry and Arts: | 32-40 |
| Chapter V: | Form, Beauty and Relish: | 41-52 |
| Chapter VI: | Reciprocity between Colour and Relish: | 53-65 |
| Chapter VII: | The Physique of a Feature: | 66-73 |
| Chapter VIII: | Learning and Fine Arts: | 74-81 |
| Chapter IX: | Poets and Poetry | 82-94 |
| Chapter X: | Measurement in Constructive Arts: | 95-106 |
| Chapter XI: | Art of Evolution: | 107-113 |
| Chapter XII: | Art-culture in Mythic Literature: | 114-128 |
| Chapter XIII: | Role of Iconography in Indian Life: | 129-134 |
| Chapter XIV: | Confluence of Two Streams: Northern and Southern: | 135-141 |
| Chapter XV: | Buddhist Canon of Iconography: | 142-154 |
| Index | 1-15 | |
| Errata | 17-18 | |
| Bibliography & Abbreviation | 19-24 | |
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