The Dance of Shiva (1918), Hinduism and Buddhism (1943)
Spouses
Ethel Mairet (m. 1902–1913)
Ratna Devi (m. 1913–1922)
Stella Bloch (m. 1922–1930)
Luisa Runstein (m. 1930–1947, his death)
Era
Modern philosophy
20th-century philosophy
Region
Indian philosophy Western philosophy
School
Perennialism Traditionalist School
Main interests
Metaphysics, philosophy of art, history
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Ananda Kentish Muthu Coomaraswamy (Tamil: ஆனந்த குமாரசுவாமி, Āṉanta Kentiś Muthū Kumāracuvāmi; Sinhala: ආනන්ද කුමාරස්වාමිĀnanda Kumārasvāmī; 22 August 1877 − 9 September 1947) was a Ceylonese metaphysician, historian and a philosopher of Indian art who was an early interpreter of Indian culture to the West.[4] In particular, he is described as "the groundbreaking theorist who was largely responsible for introducing ancient Indian art to the West".[5]
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During the opening the AnandaCoomaraswamy Mawatha was renamed to Nelum Pokuna Mawatha, later reverted to AnandaCoomaraswamy Mawatha. The Nelum Pokuna...
of the activity of God which any art or religion can boast of." - AnandaCoomaraswamy The dance is described as a pictorial allegory of the five principle...
Duncan's six dancers who were known as the Isadorables. She met AnandaCoomaraswamy who took her to India at the age of 17. She spent some time in India...
as aspects or manifestations of one Brahman, the Supreme power. AnandaCoomaraswamy states that Devas and Asuras in the Vedic lore are similar to Angels-Theoi-Gods...
Indian Great Goddess, History of Religions, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 261 AnandaCoomaraswamy, Saiva Sculptures, Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 118...
later in Bonn, Germany. She met the art historian and philosopher AnandaCoomaraswamy. The couple married on 19 June 1902 and travelled to Ceylon (now...
Bengal during the 8th century among yogis called Sahajiya siddhas. AnandaCoomaraswamy describes its significance as "the last achievement of all thought"...
Prize in 1851. Coomaraswamy married Elizabeth Clay Beebe, daughter of William Beebe from Kent, in 1878. They had a son, AnandaCoomaraswamy, the eminent...
languages. He was also a painter and a poet. With René Guénon and AnandaCoomaraswamy, Schuon is recognized as one of the major 20th-century representatives...
Perennialist School, which is based primarily on the work of René Guénon, AnandaCoomaraswamy and Frithjof Schuon. Perry’s major opus, A Treasury of Traditional...
common culture". The nomenclature 'Rajput painting' was introduced by AnandaCoomaraswamy in his book Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings...
American ed.). New York: Viking Press. p. 440. ISBN 978-0-670-02270-0. AnandaCoomaraswamy, Saiva Sculptures, Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 118...
Sithara S. and Neelakshi Singh. Named after the Ceylon Tamil writer AnandaCoomaraswamy, the fellowship was started in 1996. It is given to scholars from...
Religious writers Mirra Alfassa (The Mother) Sri Anirvan Sri Aurobindo AnandaCoomaraswamy Dayananda Eknath Easwaran Satsvarupa dasa Goswami Mahendranath Gupta...
Religious writers Mirra Alfassa (The Mother) Sri Anirvan Sri Aurobindo AnandaCoomaraswamy Dayananda Eknath Easwaran Satsvarupa dasa Goswami Mahendranath Gupta...
Western society. The early proponents of this school are René Guénon, AnandaCoomaraswamy and Frithjof Schuon. Other important thinkers in this tradition include...
representation of an elephant carved in the round from a live rock at Dhauli. AnandaCoomaraswamy, writing in 1923, argued that the Mauryan art had three main phases...
José Pijoan, of writer James Joyce via Don Sample, of philosopher AnandaCoomaraswamy and of Henry Cowell. In 1930 he dropped out, having come to believe...
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