Main entry:

Sinha, Amita.

Title & Author:

Landscapes in India : forms and meanings / Amita Sinha.

Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2006.

Description:

xiv, 228 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index.
Landscape archetypes -- Nature: a transcendentalist view -- Natural archetypes -- Nature in Ramayana -- Landscapes and the Ramayana legend -- Sacred landscape of Braj -- The cosmic tree in Buddhist landscapes -- Kalika at Pavagadh: landscape of the mother goddess -- Spatial archetypes -- Design of settlements in Vaastu Shastras -- Social and spatial order in villages -- The void as center: courtyard dwellings -- Archetypes and design -- Implication for pilgrimage sites -- Implication for environmental design -- Visions for the future.

Summary:

"In Landscapes in India, Amita Sinha shows that landscapes can be read like languages, as arrangements of symbols that reveal cultural values. South Asian landscapes - rich with formalized symbols, from the Cosmic Tree in Buddhist landscapes to cities patterned on mandalas - offer a training ground for reading landscapes everywhere."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)
Table of contents

ISBN:

0870818155 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780870818158

Subject:

Landscape architecture India.
Architecture du paysage Inde.
74.21 geography of Asia.
Landscape architecture
Landschaft
Architektur
Landschaftsplanung
Architecture religieuse Inde.
India
Indien

Form/genre:

Vāstu Shastra publications.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249181
Call No.: BIB 178762
Status: Available