Visnu's Flaming Wheel: The Iconography of the Sudarsana-Cakra.
New York: New York University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xii + 104pp, xxxiv plates. Original gilt titled red cloth, frontis and b&w plates, glossary and bibliography. A study of the iconography of the flaming wheel (Sudarsana-Cakra - "wheel beauteous-to-behold") which Krsna is often pictured wielding on the battlefield. Contents: Part 1-The Literary Tradition: The Cakra in Mythology and Tantrism-The Cakra as Fabled Weapon-The Cakra as Esoteric Symbol-Part 2-The Iconographic Tradition: The Cakra as Personification and Icon-The Two-Armed Cakra-Purusa in Attendance Upon Visnu-The Multi-Armed Cult Images of Sudarsana-Purusa. Plus glossary and bibliography. Light foxing to top edge, gilt on spine dulled, otherwise a tight clean VG+ copy. Large book, additional shipping may apply. Item #35313
ISBN: 0814709737
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