Book of Indian Beauty. Mulk Raj Anand

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      THE BOOK OF INDIAN BEAUTY

      (Frontispiece). She scented her cheeks by passing over them leaves soaked in musk; she took camphor and with it set the sign of beauty upon her forehead, near the line of the curling hair; her body shone with the gilded excellence of saffron; she sprinkled on her clothes the attar of roses. When her preparations were over, she took counsel with her glass, it told her that her beauty had never before so charmingly repaid embellishment. (Kshemendra, 8th century)

      1 (Frontispiece). Lady with her mirror. Kangra, late 18th century.

      by Mulk Raj Anand & Krishna Nehru Hutheesing

      CHARLES E. TUTTLE COMPANY

       Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan

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      Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

       of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan

       with editorial offices at Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032

      @ 1981 by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.

      All rights reserved

      Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 80-52066

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-1146-2 (ebook)

      First printing, 1981

      Printed in Japan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

       LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

       PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

       PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION

       DEDICATORY LETTER

       1. The Bride

       2. Beauty and the Mind

       3. Beauty and Health

       4. The Complexion

       5. The Mouth and the Teeth

       6. The Lips

       7. The Eyes

       8. The Ears

       9. The Nose

       10. The Hair

       11. The Hands

       12. The Feet

       13. Clothes

       14. Jewelry

       15. Perfumes

       SELECTED GLOSSARY

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1.	(Frontispiece, in color.) Lady with her mirror	page 4
2.	Bride being led to her lover	21
3.	Swayamvara, detail	23
4.	Bride and bridegroom	25
5.	Kakubha Ragini	27
6.	A Mogul princess with her maid	31
7.	A beauty	35
8.	Ladies flying kites	37
9.	Dance scene СКАЧАТЬ 1 2 3 4 5 > В конец