GASB30H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dhammapada, Sutta Pitaka, Jnana Yoga
14 Feb 2013
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Part a: see how these terms will connect or how they help define others larger/broad meanings. Essentially these are the statues, divine sculptures of a god/goddess. Part of ritual adoration of the god, goddess in question. Statues are required in some schools of hinduism for worship integral. Eyes are important on the statues and are usually largely disproportionate. Divinity is essentially captured in the artistic representation: artists follow the shilpa shastra to give gods the proper attributes. There are over 300 million gods in hindu belief; many many statues. Saguna represents the idea that it is okay to symbolize deities in concrete form as they can be comprehended and worshipped in a form that we as humans can relate to, from the actual abstract and transcendent deities. Meaning worship before the idol; but can also mean religious vision: r. v. meaning that one can see the deity through the image mystic sense.
