The Elephant and the Lotus: Essays in Philosophy and Culture

Abhinavagupta Abul Fazl aesthetic Akbar Ananda Anandavardhana ancient approach Arhats artist ascetic asceticism Asoka beauty became Bengal Bodhi Tree Bodhisattva Brahmin Buddha Buddhist century Champawat creative culture death described dhvani earth elephant Emperor ethical expression eyes fact faith feeling flowers freedom friends Gandhiji garden Gujarat highest Hindi Hindu human idea ideal imagined impression Indian Jaina Jainism Jataka Jehangir Kanthaka Kashmir king Kumaon Kusinara lake legend literary literature lived look lotus Lumbini Mahavira Mara Maya medieval merely mighty moral mosque nature never Nur Jehan once Parinirvana peace Persian philosophy poems poet poetry Rabindranath Tagore Radhakrishnan rasa reality regarded religion religious Renunciation Sanchi Sanskrit says sculpture sense Shah Jehan Shalimar Siddhartha significant song soul spirit spot Srinagar Stefan Zweig stone stories stupa Tagore's Tathagata temple theme things thought tradition translation traveller true truth Upagupta valley words writers wrote Yuan Chwang