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18th Century Indian Tantric Jaina Sanskrit Diagram browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Indian Subcontinent:India: Pre 1800: item # 819999 Please refer to our stock # 1076 when inquiring.
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Details: A rare and fascinating example of a late 18th century Jaina Tantric diagram from Rajasthan. The esoteric diagram is illustrating the eternal recurrence of the sevenfold divisions of the universe as a cosmic river of time and reality, from a manuscript of the Samarangana Sutra Dhara (A classical Indian encyclopedic work on Indian architecture written by Paramara King Bhoja of Dhar 1000-1055 AD). Tantra, by its very nature is hard to define, but simply put is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bön. In the words of a respected practicing Tibetan Tantric Lama the Tantric idea is such: “...each one of us is a union of all universal energy. Everything that we need in order to be complete is within us right at this very moment. It is simply a matter of being able to recognize it. This is the tantric approach.” Age: Late 18th Century. Dimensions: Frame 38 x 26cm, Page 22 x 10cm. Remarks: It is possible this image was exhibited in1972 at the Hayward Gallery in London as part of its groundbreaking Tantra Exhibition. The image is in a similar frame to other Tantric images that were lent to the exhibition by the famous Tantric collector Jean Claude Ciancimino. |
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