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Deity Images

Deity Images is a category of religious iconography within Himalayan Art that comprises visual representations of divine beings, distinguished by their specific iconometric proportions, symbolic attributes, and ritual functions in Buddhist and Hindu tantric practices.

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54

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20

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2017–2026

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Publications

37

Glancing: Visual Interaction in Hinduism

Lawrence A. Babb · Journal of Anthropological Research · 1981 · 235 citations

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The alphabet versus the goddess: the conflict between word and image

Leonard Shlain · Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 150 citations

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In Whose Turban Does the Lord Reside?: The Objectification of Charisma and the Fetishism of Objects in the Hindu Kingdom of Kota

Norbert Peabody · Comparative Studies in Society and History · 1991 · 87 citations

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Divine Images and Aniconism in Ancient Israel

Theodore J. Lewis, Tryggve N. D. Mettinger, Emily Reiner et al. · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 1998 · 69 citations

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God and Sheikh Adi are Perfect: Sacred Poems and Religious Narratives from the Yezidi Tradition

Khalil Jindy Rashow, Philip G. Kreyenbroek · Iran and the Caucasus · 2007 · 69 citations

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Authors

54

  1. LS
    Leonard Shlain

    2 publications · 189 citations

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  2. AP
    Andrea Pearson

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    1 publications · 39 citations

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  3. RL
    Robert L. Brown

    National Institutes of Health, United States

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  4. BE
    Bruce Elliot Tapper

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. SS
    Svetlana Savchenko

    Institute of Archaeology, Russia

    1 publications · 10 citations

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Institutions

20

  1. William & Mary

    Williamsburg, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  2. Wenzhou-Kean University

    Wenzhou, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  3. Institute of Archaeology

    Moscow, Russia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  5. Stellenbosch University

    Stellenbosch, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  6. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the American Oriental Society

    4 publications · 154 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 185 citations

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  3. Contributions to Indian Sociology

    2 publications · 40 citations

    2

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  4. Palestine Exploration Quarterly

    PEQ · 1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. Sixteenth Century Journal

    ESCJ · 1 publications · 39 citations

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