Help! Info on Annapurna needed fast!

Lauren Foster-MacLeod

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Apr 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/10/98

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I have a deadline fast approaching on an illustration of the Hindu
Goddess, Annapurna (Food Giver; of Benares).
ANY infromation you can give me on costume details, pose, etc..anything!,
would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Laurie F-M
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Kim Burkard

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Apr 13, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/13/98

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In article 2...@freenet-news.carleton.ca, dz...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Lauren Foster-MacLeod) writes:
>I have a deadline fast approaching on an illustration of the Hindu
>Goddess, Annapurna (Food Giver; of Benares).
>ANY infromation you can give me on costume details, pose, etc..anything!,
>would be most appreciated.

I have a book titled (I think) _Art and Architecture of the Indian
Subcontinent_ (published by Penguin). I'll take a browse through it
tonight and post again if I find any illustrations of Anna-Purna.

I did find the following in _Who's Who in Non-Classical Mythology_
by Egerton Sykes:

"Anna-Purna. In Vedic myth an aspect of Parvati, wife of
Shiva. The name means 'Full of Food', and it is for her
capacity for providing that she is worshipped. She is
depicted seated on a water-lily, holding a dish of rice
in one hand and a spoon in the other."

I'm sure an illustration of Parvati, which is relatively easy to
find, would give you clothes ideas.

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Kim Burkard

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Apr 14, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/14/98

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In article 2...@kodak.rdcs.Kodak.COM, bur...@kodak.com (Kim Burkard) writes:
>In article 2...@freenet-news.carleton.ca, dz...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Lauren Foster-MacLeod) writes:
>>I have a deadline fast approaching on an illustration of the Hindu
>>Goddess, Annapurna (Food Giver; of Benares).
>>ANY infromation you can give me on costume details, pose, etc..anything!,
>>would be most appreciated.
>
>I have a book titled (I think) _Art and Architecture of the Indian
>Subcontinent_ (published by Penguin). I'll take a browse through it
>tonight and post again if I find any illustrations of Anna-Purna.
>
>I did find the following in _Who's Who in Non-Classical Mythology_
>by Egerton Sykes:
>
> "Anna-Purna. In Vedic myth an aspect of Parvati, wife of
> Shiva. The name means 'Full of Food', and it is for her
> capacity for providing that she is worshipped. She is
> depicted seated on a water-lily, holding a dish of rice
> in one hand and a spoon in the other."
>
>I'm sure an illustration of Parvati, which is relatively easy to
>find, would give you clothes ideas.

There were no pictures of Annapurna in the book I mentioned, but
there were numerous examples of Parvati in reliefs and sculptural
works. Perhaps this can be helpful. The book's full info is:

_The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent_
by J.C. Harle, Pelican Books, Pelican History of Art
series, New York, 1987, isbn 0-14-056149-8.

There is a great deal of information in the book to accompany the
black and white illustrations. Numerous illustrations of Hindu
and Buddhist art are contained in this volume.

Enjoy!

David

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Apr 14, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/14/98

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