Enquiry with regard to colour symbolism in Hindu Traditions

[Arlo Griffiths]

I highly recommend the study
Damais, Louis-Charles: Études javanaises. III. A propos des couleurs symboliques des points cardinaux. In:  Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. Tome 56, 1969. pp. 75-118. 
<http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/befeo_0336-1519_1969_num_56_1_3994>
[I myself have a problem downloading articles from this site recently, and got a blank file when I tried this one a few months ago; hopefully that problem is resolved now; in any case, the article can be consulted and searched online.]
It is presented as an 'étude javanaise', but in fact contains many properly indological data, and in any case, the Javanese tradition is equally a Hindu Tradition.
Arlo GriffithsEFEO/Jakarta


> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 15:53:03 +0000
> From: hegartyjm at GOOGLEMAIL.COM
> Subject: [INDOLOGY] Enquiry with regard to colour symbolism in Hindu Traditions
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> An undergraduate student recently asked me about colour symbolism in  
> Hindu Traditions.
> 
> I realised very quickly that I knew very little about this.
> 
> Can anyone suggest readings (primary and secondary) on this topic?
> 
> With Thanks and Best Wishes,
> 
> James Hegarty
> Senior Lecturer in Indian Religions
> Cardiff University