The Indian Cat
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Product Information
Brand
Pagify
Ideal For
Reading
Material
Paper
Country Of Origin
India
Pack Of
1
Author
Sanjeev Chopra
Genre
Arts, Film & Photography
Isbn
9789391490263
Page Count
256
Product Type
Book
Product Description
- Premium Quality: In this book, renowned art historian B. N. Goswamy illustrates all the varied ways in which cats have made themselves a home in Indian art, literature, and speech, as well as in our hearts.
- Product Design: The work draws on a rich and diverse range of sources, including the Jataka Tales, where cats appear as characters whose clever tricks or pretensions are generally foiled by the Bodhisattva.
- User Experience: In Vaishnava bhakti, Goswamy explores the concept of marjara-nyaya, the act of a kitten who passively submits to its mother as it is picked up by the scruff of its neck, as a metaphor for devotional surrender.
- Versatile Occasion: The book draws on the Hadith, recounting the Prophet who once chose to cut off the sleeve of his robe rather than disturb his pet cat, Muezza, who was sleeping on it.
- Quality Assurance: References to the Mahabharata, where Duryodhana repeatedly charges the noble Yudhishthira with observing the marjara-vrata, further illustrate the deep cultural embeddedness of the cat in Indian tradition.
- Ideal For: A rewarding read for lovers of art history, cultural studies, and anyone curious about the enduring and multifaceted presence of cats across Indian civilisation.
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