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Beyond the Sharp Edge: Iconography of Indic Arms

Oct
21

Saturday

10:00AM

Beyond the Sharp Edge: Iconography of Indic Arms

Free

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Saturday, October 21
10:00 a.m.–noon PT
Speaker: Ravinder Reddy, MD, FRAS, South Asian Arts Council, The San Diego Museum of Art
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Indian arms and armor are frequently adorned with auspicious and sacred imagery to induce shakti (divine power) to enter them, thus transforming functional objects into implements that hold within them the quality of numen—magical or divine power. This presentation will survey the varieties of Hindu sacred images—goddesses, gods, demi-gods, mythological beasts—that adorn arms and armor of the Indian subcontinent, and explore the underlying reasons why these specific images may have been chosen among the vast pantheon of Indian sacred imagery.

 

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Sponsored by the South Asian Arts Council.

 

Featured at top right: © Ravi Reddy

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Date:
October 21
Time:
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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