fyi- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: S. Kalyanaraman Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:17 AM Subject: [CANCAMBODIA] Ancient diagrams to identify sculptures of Khmer temples
Members of Cancambodia will be interested in this link. http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2011/10/pratisthalaksanasarasamuccaya.html This blog embed the following document: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/97739151/Prati%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81lak%E1%B9%A3a%E1%B9%87as%C4%81rasamuccaya The two ancient manuscripts contain over 250 diagrams describing the attributes of divinities depicted on sculptures in temples. Many Angkor Wat sculptures --pratimaa in temples -- can be identified and matched with many of these diagrams. So can sculptures of many other Khmer temples all over the ancient Khmer region extending from Burma to Thailand. Kalyanaraman -- ***** * You received this message because you have subscribed to the Cambodian Academic Network Mailing List http://groups.google.com/group/cancambodia * Blog: http://cancambodia.info/ * You're also cordially invited to visit and contribute to www.cambosastra.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
