Dear Prof. Dominik Wujastyk,Are the color symbolism topic and the senses are topic two different topics?Colors:Trigunas and colors: white, red and blackColors of devatas such as white for Saraswati white for knowledgeColors assigned to almost all categorisations such as grahas etc in Vedic predictive Astrology, and meters in Chandass'aastra etc.The list can go on.On Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 12:34 AM Tieken, H.J.H. via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:_______________________________________________Dear Dominik,Maybe you have a look at the Jaina lesyās, which are given different colours.Herman
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Onderwerp: [INDOLOGY] Colour symbolism in pre-modern Indic sources; concise overview of the senses
Students are asking me for readings for their essays, and I'm slightly stumped for good suggestions on these two. Can anyone point to some good studies of these topics?
I am particularly interested in colour readings in relation to the health sciences and alchemy, but anything will do! I know about Martha Selby's 2005 "Narratives of Conception" article and its remarks on red/white distinctions in ayurveda.
Regarding the senses, I haven't yet checked the Brill encyclopedia, and I will. Probably there's something in Dasgupta, Hist. Indi. Philosophy.
Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
Best,Dominik
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Professor Dominik Wujastyk,
Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity,
University of Alberta, Canada.
South Asia at the U of A:sas.ualberta.ca
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