Ananda Coomaraswamy

Ananda Coomaraswamy
Coomaraswamy in 1916
Born(1877-08-22)22 August 1877
Colombo, British Ceylon
Died9 September 1947(1947-09-09) (aged 70)
Needham, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityBritish Ceylonese American
Notable workThe Dance of Shiva (1918), Hinduism and Buddhism (1943)
Spouses
EraModern philosophy
20th-century philosophy
RegionIndian philosophy
Western philosophy
SchoolPerennialism
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 කුමාරස්වාමි Ānanda 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] He has been described as "the groundbreaking theorist who was largely responsible for introducing ancient Indian art to the West".[5]

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  2. ^ "Anand Coomaraswamy A Pen Sketch By - Dr. Rama P. Coomaraswamy". Archived from the original on 20 April 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. ^ "René Guénon: Life and Work".
  4. ^ Murray Fowler, "In Memoriam: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy", Artibus Asiae, Vol. 10, No. 3 (1947), pp. 241-244
  5. ^ MFA: South Asian Art. Archived from the original Archived 15 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine