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Ruthless Compassion: Wrathful Deities in Early Indo-Tibetan Esoteric Buddhist Art [Buy it!] | Rob Linrothe, | USD 80.00 (Mon Jun 3 10:17:59 2024) | Abebooks | Hennessey + Ingalls | ISBN10: 0906026512, ISBN13: 9780906026519, [publisher: Art Media Resources October 2003] Hardcover Despite an impressive body of distinguished scholarship on the history of esoteric Buddhism in India, it is only sketchily understood. The author assembles hundreds of works of art, analyzing them formally and stylistically, to determine the chronology of their iconographhic themes. The objects provide a continuous historical record of the evolution of esoteric Buddhist belief and practice - a record that supplements and often challenges the conclusions of exclusively textual histories. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector. [Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003] |