About the Book: Third Eye of Indian Art: Aesthetics as Vedanta
Traditional Indian art lends itself to multiple levels of experience, from the
creator to the created, from an initial objective sensation to a deeper
contemplative subjective experience, from our two outer eyes to an inner or
third eye. The Third Eye of Indian Art encourages a rediscovery of India by
contemplating its creative vision. While the creation and enjoyment of beautiful
objects, vastu, is central to the Indian world view, the discourse on Indian art
or aesthetics, saundarya mimamsa, has suffered because we do not have an
independent position on aesthetics and have had to borrow