About the Book

Vedic Roots of Hindu Iconography

R. Nagaswamy Kaveri Books, New Delhi 2012

About the Book about_the_book.html

Foreword: Nature of the Vedic Religion foreword.html

Preface preface.html

Agni chapter01.html

Vedic Rituals: Punyaha-vācanam (Declaring the Sacred Day). chapter02.html

The Form of Agni chapter03.html

The Face of Agni Agni Mukham chapter04.html

Fire Offering: Agni Kārya Homa chapter05.html

Sacrifice of Fulfillment : Jayādi Homa chapter06.html

Viśvasya Ayatanam chapter07.html

Temples and Poetry chapter08.html

Agama in Theory and Practice chapter09.html

Relevance of Agamic Studies in Modern Times. chapter10.html

Linga Worship chapter11.html

Linga in Vishnu Anugraha Murti chapter12.html

Virinci Nārāyaṇa Sankarātman chapter13.html

Śiva Kaivalya in Cambodia chapter14.html

Śiva Bhāgavatas and Vishnu Bhāgavatas chapter15.html

Sandhya-vandanam and Naṭarājā chapter16.html

Bhujanga-Trasita Nṛittam chapter17.html

Śiva as the Destroyer of Blind Demon “Andhakāśuravadha” chapter18.html

A Rare Kalabhairava chapter19.html

Khandariya Mahādēva Temple at Khajuraho: A Temple of the Bhairava Saiva School chapter20.html

Sakti Worship in Tamilnadu chapter21.html

Vedic Origin of Goddesses: Some Aspects chapter22.html

Murugan chapter23.html

Shanmukha chapter24.html

The Puzzle of Varaha chapter25.html

Varaha at Mamallapuram chapter26.html

The Origin of Rama Cult: Myth and Reality chapter27.html

Sri Rāmāyana in Tamilnadu In Art, Thought and Literature chapter28.html

Balarāma in Tamilnadu chapter29.html

Kṛṣṇa Sadhana chapter30.html

Kṛṣṇa Yoga is Kṛṣhna Sadhanā chapter31.html

Worship of Indra in Ancient Tamilnadu chapter32.html

Vedic Traditions in the Maṇimekalai chapter33.html

Bibliography bibliography.html