The Origin of the Buddha Image & Elements of Buddhist Iconography Author:Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish but provides an overview of

but provides an overview of the Qur'an

What do Muslims have to say on the subject

In his controversial 1973 book

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This translation provides us at the same time with a window opening onto the roots of the spiritual tradition of Islam itself

The Origin of the Buddha Image & Elements of Buddhist Iconography Author:Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish but provides an overview ofTwo foundational texts, enhanced by a third, "The Nature of Buddhist Art," are concerned not only with providing a language for reading the artistic and linguistic symbols for Buddhism, but also show how these symbols are conducive to self realization, which is the aim of all sacred art. Providing a schema of what is of the utmost value in all the world's great spiritual traditions as they pertain to transforming the understanding life and the