Coomaraswamy

British  

/ kuːˌmɑːrəˈswɑːmɪ /

noun

1. Ananda ( Kentish ). 1877–1947, Ceylonese art historian and interpreter of Indian culture to the West

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Example Sentences

The book also won the Association of Asian Studies Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy book prize.

From BBC

The other problem with representing the Buddha in human form, as the great Sri Lankan art historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy points out in his 1918 essay “Buddhist Primitives,” is that early Buddhism was disdainful of art itself.

From New York Times

Quoting the Dasa Dhamma Sutta, an early Buddhist text, Coomaraswamy adds: “Beauty is nothing to me, neither the beauty of the body nor that that comes of dress.”

From New York Times

In the case of the early Buddhists, the austerity of their doctrine stood in marked contrast to existing forms of non-Buddhist art in India, which were an expression of what Coomaraswamy calls “the Indian lyric spirit.”

From New York Times

The only real expression of the “intellectual and austere enthusiasm” of early Buddhism at Sanchi, Coomaraswamy felt, was the refusal to show the great teacher in human form.

From New York Times