I, yantra : exploring self and selflessness in ancient Indian robot tales
Signe Cohen
Bok · Engelsk · 2024
| Omfang | xiii, 281 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | The history of automata in the West -- Interlude : Yavanas and the creation of automata -- Robots in the Royal Garden -- Body of flesh, body of wood, body of stone : humans, androids, and gods in Hinduism -- Mechanical gardens and a craving for flying machines : androids in Jainism -- I, yantra : androids in Buddhism -- The Buddha, the emperor, and the killer robot -- Interpreting Indian robot tales.. - "Argues that ancient yantra (robot) tales reveal how their Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain authors thought about the nature of humanity and our role in a cosmos filled with divine and natural forces"--
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| Dewey | 398.45 . - 398.450954
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| ISBN | 9781438496610
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