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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization

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General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/myths-and-symbols-in-indian-art-and-civilization.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/myths-and-symbols-in-indian-art-and-civilization

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-myths-and-symbols-in-indian-art-and-civi,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/myths-and-symbols-in-indian-art-and-civilization},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Heinrich Zimmer was a scholar of Indian art and philosophy whose direct engagement with Hindu iconography and mythological texts, drawing images and narrative together rather than treating them separately, remains this study's real evidentiary contribution, and the volume was completed and published posthumously by his students on the strength of his own lecture notes and drafts, a documented editorial history this record states rather than presenting the book as issued in Zimmer's own final form. Use it for established scholarly facts about how Hindu and Indian myth and symbol function together in art and religious thought; it is a broad synthesis across Indian civilization, so a claim needing close textual detail on one specific narrative or deity may need a source focused on that narrower topic.

Facts

Citation

Author

Heinrich Zimmer

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication Year

1972

URL

https://archive.org/details/mythssymbolsinin00zimm

Source Type

academic monograph

Assessment

Reliability Tier

A scholarly study of Hindu and Indian religious myth and symbol from Princeton University Press.

Notes

Scholarly study of Hindu and Indian myth and symbol.

Claims Backed By This Source (61 claims)

This source backs 61 claims across the atlas. As facts: 31 well-attested. As cited relationships: 10 holds. Plus 20 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Mythical Creatures, 9 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 4 general references.
Plants, 9 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 4 general references.
Deities, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.
Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
Animals & Totems, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 general references.
Articles, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
Religious Symbols, 5 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 4 claims: 3 holds, 1 general references.
Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
Mantras, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Religions, 1 claims: 1 general references.