Guest guest Posted May 28, 2001 Report Share Posted May 28, 2001 - Diana Mickeviciene <dianam.aao <indology> Monday, May 28, 2001 8:37 AM [Y-Indology] smile > > Dear members of the list, > > I would be very grateful if any of you could suggest some comments on the > topic "Smile in Indian culture" - any philosophical or religious > connotations (like the smile of the god etc.), general cultural regulations > and taboos. > Sincerely yours, > > Diana Mickeviciene, > Lithuania > There is a doctoral dissertation written in German on the topic of smile and laughter in ancient India: Tschannerl, Volker M. Das Lachen in der altindischen Literatur. Europäische Hochschulschriften Reihe XXVII: Asiatische und Afrikanische Studien, Bd. 37. Diss. Frankfurt a. M.1993. The book as a whole is quite instructive, but the passages dealing with Buddhist texts and doctrine should be read with utmost care. They abound in errors and mistranslations. _______ Get your free @ address at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2001 Report Share Posted June 3, 2001 Mon, 28 May 101 09:37 +0300 MSK Diana Mickeviciene wrote to <indology>: > > Dear members of the list, > > I would be very grateful if any of you could suggest some comments on the > topic "Smile in Indian culture" - any philosophical or religious > connotations (like the smile of the god etc.), general cultural regulations > and taboos. > Sincerely yours, > > Diana Mickeviciene, > Lithuania > Dear Mrs Mickeviciene, if you can read Russian, you will probably find useful some early works by Alexander Ya. Syrkin, such as: A.Ya.Syrkin.Nekotorye aspekty izuchenija jumora i primery iz drevneindijskoj literatury. - In: Programma i tezisy dokladov v letnej shkole po vtorichnym modelirujushchim sistemam. 19-29 avgusta 1964. Tartu: Tartu University, 1964, pp. 35-37. ("Some aspects of the study of humour with examples from Ancient Indian literature" in: Programm and abstracts of the Summer school for the study of secondary modelling systems. Tartu, 1964). A.Ya.Syrkin. K izucheniju drevneindijskogo jumora. - In: Materialy po istorii i filologii Tsenstral'noj Azii. Vypusk 3. Ulan- Ude, 1968, pp. 66-78 (Towards a study of Ancient Indian humour. - In: Materials for the Central Asian history and philology. Ulan-Ude, 1968). Here you will find, e.g., classification of the types of smile and laughter, acc. to Sanskrit sources (smita, hasita, vihasita, upahasita, apahasita, atihasita) and many other things which may prove to be useful, including rich bibliography (with such items as: S.K.De. Wit, humour and ancient Indian Literature. In: Aspects of Sanskrit literature. Calcutta, 1959, pp. 257-289; J.E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw. Humour in Indian and Southeast Asian Art. - In: Indological studies in honor of W.Norman Brown. New Haven, 1961, pp. 217-227; J.Mittal. Caricature and comic in ancient Indian art. - "Roopa-Lekha", vol. XXXIII, 1963, No.1-2, pp.60-69. There were surely more recent publications on the problems of Ancient Indian smile and laughter, but nothing comes to my mind at the moment. May be some other listmembers will help. Best regards, Yaroslav Vassilkov --- Yaroslav Vassilkov (yavass) Institute of Oriental Studies Sun, 03 Jun 101 11:30 +0300 MSK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2001 Report Share Posted June 3, 2001 INDOLOGY, Prof. Yaroslav Vassilkov (yavass@Y...) wrote: > J.E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw. Humour in > Indian and Southeast Asian Art. - In: Indological studies in honor >of W.Norman Brown. New Haven, 1961, pp. 217-227; J.Mittal. Caricature > and comic in ancient Indian art. - "Roopa-Lekha", vol. XXXIII, 1963, > No.1-2, pp.60-69. Does van Lohuizen-de Leeuw or Mittal mention god being called Prahasitezavara in some SE Asian temples? Regards, N. Ganesan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 In the rather short article by Lohuizen-de Leeuw (pp. 217-222 without illustrations) there is no mention of Prahasitezvara. I can say nothing about Mittal's paper, as I don't have in my library. All the best, Yaroslav Vassilkov Sun, 03 Jun 101 16:39 +0300 MSK naga_ganesan wrote to INDOLOGY: > INDOLOGY, Prof. Yaroslav Vassilkov (yavass@Y...) wrote: > > J.E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw. Humour in > > Indian and Southeast Asian Art. - In: Indological studies in honor > >of W.Norman Brown. New Haven, 1961, pp. 217-227; J.Mittal. Caricature > > and comic in ancient Indian art. - "Roopa-Lekha", vol. XXXIII, 1963, > > No.1-2, pp.60-69. > > Does van Lohuizen-de Leeuw or Mittal mention god > being called Prahasitezavara in some SE Asian temples? > > Regards, > N. Ganesan > > > > > > indology > > > > Your use of is subject to > > > --- Yaroslav Vassilkov (yavass) Institute of Oriental Studies Mon, 04 Jun 101 12:16 +0300 MSK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2001 Report Share Posted June 5, 2001 INDOLOGY, yavass@Y... wrote: > There were surely more recent publications on the problems > of Ancient Indian smile and laughter, but nothing comes to my mind >at the moment. May be some other listmembers will help. > Best regards, > Yaroslav Vassilkov > > --- > Yaroslav Vassilkov (yavass@Y...) > Institute of Oriental Studies 1. Lee Siegel, Laughing matters: Comic traditions in India, 1987, UChicagoP 2. Volker M. Tschannerl, Das Lachen der altindischen Literatur, 1993, NY: P. Lang 3. Gabriella Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi, The taste of laughter: aspects of Tamil humor. 1992, Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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