I am thrilled that my book Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India: Histories of the Ephemeral 1748–1858 has now won the 2026 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy prize (Association for Asian Studies/South Asia Council)! www.asianstudies.org/grants-award...
Honoured to share it with the great Charu Gupta.
Honoured to share it with the great Charu Gupta.
Coomaraswamy Prize - Association for Asian Studies
Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize The Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize honors a distinguished work of scholarship in South Asian Studies that promises to define or redefine the understandin...
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February 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I am thrilled that my book Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India: Histories of the Ephemeral 1748–1858 has now won the 2026 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy prize (Association for Asian Studies/South Asia Council)! www.asianstudies.org/grants-award...
Honoured to share it with the great Charu Gupta.
Honoured to share it with the great Charu Gupta.
Ananda Coomaraswamy famously said museums are where we proudly display the artifacts of a way of life that has become impossible. A new mass transit subway stop nextdoor to a car museum makes a terrific A1 photo in today’s LA Times, by Carlin Stiehl.
May 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Ananda Coomaraswamy famously said museums are where we proudly display the artifacts of a way of life that has become impossible. A new mass transit subway stop nextdoor to a car museum makes a terrific A1 photo in today’s LA Times, by Carlin Stiehl.
Book Cover of the Day:
June 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
Illustration entitled "The Return of Rama" by artist K. Venkatappa
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Ilustração intitulada "O Retorno de Rama", do artista K. Venkatappa, de Mitos dos Hindus e Budistas da Irmã Nivedita e Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1914).
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Ilustração intitulada "O Retorno de Rama", do artista K. Venkatappa, de Mitos dos Hindus e Budistas da Irmã Nivedita e Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1914).
December 12, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Illustration entitled "The Return of Rama" by artist K. Venkatappa
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Ilustração intitulada "O Retorno de Rama", do artista K. Venkatappa, de Mitos dos Hindus e Budistas da Irmã Nivedita e Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1914).
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Ilustração intitulada "O Retorno de Rama", do artista K. Venkatappa, de Mitos dos Hindus e Budistas da Irmã Nivedita e Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1914).
Check out the new Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Collection! 👇
This collection is part of Bollingen Recollections, an exciting multiyear project to bring every book in the Bollingen Series back into print in new, high‑quality editions.
Find it here: press.princeton.edu/collections/...
#Coomaraswamy #Art
This collection is part of Bollingen Recollections, an exciting multiyear project to bring every book in the Bollingen Series back into print in new, high‑quality editions.
Find it here: press.princeton.edu/collections/...
#Coomaraswamy #Art
March 18, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Check out the new Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Collection! 👇
This collection is part of Bollingen Recollections, an exciting multiyear project to bring every book in the Bollingen Series back into print in new, high‑quality editions.
Find it here: press.princeton.edu/collections/...
#Coomaraswamy #Art
This collection is part of Bollingen Recollections, an exciting multiyear project to bring every book in the Bollingen Series back into print in new, high‑quality editions.
Find it here: press.princeton.edu/collections/...
#Coomaraswamy #Art
Myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words.
- Ananda Coomaraswamy
- Ananda Coomaraswamy
July 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words.
- Ananda Coomaraswamy
- Ananda Coomaraswamy
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
June 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
The provenance of this object is incredible. Sold to the museum by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, born to a Tamil father and British mother in Brit. Ceylon, lost his had at a young age, grew up mainly in England, and made it his life’s goal to educate Westerners about Indian/Asian arts. Massive collector.
Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto) https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.494.a
February 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The provenance of this object is incredible. Sold to the museum by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, born to a Tamil father and British mother in Brit. Ceylon, lost his had at a young age, grew up mainly in England, and made it his life’s goal to educate Westerners about Indian/Asian arts. Massive collector.
Thx to Stephanie Wong for brilliant edits & co-curation as well as help from @monicamedhist.bsky.social & @javalac.bsky.social. Shout outs to: Ananda Coomaraswamy, Vidya Dehejia, @killgrove.bsky.social , Daniel Richter, Michael Kulikowski, Miranda Melcher, Travis Bruce, @gregjenner.bsky.social ...
September 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Thx to Stephanie Wong for brilliant edits & co-curation as well as help from @monicamedhist.bsky.social & @javalac.bsky.social. Shout outs to: Ananda Coomaraswamy, Vidya Dehejia, @killgrove.bsky.social , Daniel Richter, Michael Kulikowski, Miranda Melcher, Travis Bruce, @gregjenner.bsky.social ...
The Dance of Shiva
Creation arises from the drum: protection proceeds from the hand of hope: from fire proceeds destruction: the foot held aloft gives release. It will be observed that the fourth hand points to this lifted foot, the refuge of the soul.
Ananda Coomaraswamy
Creation arises from the drum: protection proceeds from the hand of hope: from fire proceeds destruction: the foot held aloft gives release. It will be observed that the fourth hand points to this lifted foot, the refuge of the soul.
Ananda Coomaraswamy
September 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The Dance of Shiva
Creation arises from the drum: protection proceeds from the hand of hope: from fire proceeds destruction: the foot held aloft gives release. It will be observed that the fourth hand points to this lifted foot, the refuge of the soul.
Ananda Coomaraswamy
Creation arises from the drum: protection proceeds from the hand of hope: from fire proceeds destruction: the foot held aloft gives release. It will be observed that the fourth hand points to this lifted foot, the refuge of the soul.
Ananda Coomaraswamy
Death is immortal, Life mortal.
-Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
-Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
June 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Death is immortal, Life mortal.
-Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
-Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
[…] being mortal does not refer to the fact that one dies after full term of life, but to the nature of our “life”, which is a matter of constant deaths, day after day.
-Ananda K. Coomaraswamy,
from a letter to his wife,
Doña Luisa Coomaraswamy,
November 23, 1935
-Ananda K. Coomaraswamy,
from a letter to his wife,
Doña Luisa Coomaraswamy,
November 23, 1935
June 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
[…] being mortal does not refer to the fact that one dies after full term of life, but to the nature of our “life”, which is a matter of constant deaths, day after day.
-Ananda K. Coomaraswamy,
from a letter to his wife,
Doña Luisa Coomaraswamy,
November 23, 1935
-Ananda K. Coomaraswamy,
from a letter to his wife,
Doña Luisa Coomaraswamy,
November 23, 1935
"The artist is not a special kind of person; rather each person is a special kind of artist." -- Ananda Coomaraswamy
"ai is making it so everyone can make art"
everyone can make art dumbass it came free with your fucking humanity
everyone can make art dumbass it came free with your fucking humanity
September 28, 2023 at 6:07 PM
"The artist is not a special kind of person; rather each person is a special kind of artist." -- Ananda Coomaraswamy
Honored and grateful that the Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy book prize 2025 has been awarded to “Hurt sentiments”. A full list of all books awarded is in the link below.
Many thanks to the members of the jury for this award, and to reader and reviewers for their reception of the book. @harvardpress
Many thanks to the members of the jury for this award, and to reader and reviewers for their reception of the book. @harvardpress
February 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Honored and grateful that the Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy book prize 2025 has been awarded to “Hurt sentiments”. A full list of all books awarded is in the link below.
Many thanks to the members of the jury for this award, and to reader and reviewers for their reception of the book. @harvardpress
Many thanks to the members of the jury for this award, and to reader and reviewers for their reception of the book. @harvardpress
Oh Canada….
here I come! Heading for the Association for Asian Studies conference in Vancouver, where my book will be awarded the 2026 Coomaraswamy Prize ❤️
looking forward to running along the beautiful waterfront too, and seeing one of my oldest bestest friends Gage Averill.
here I come! Heading for the Association for Asian Studies conference in Vancouver, where my book will be awarded the 2026 Coomaraswamy Prize ❤️
looking forward to running along the beautiful waterfront too, and seeing one of my oldest bestest friends Gage Averill.
a penguin wearing a hat and scarf holds a canadian flag
ALT: a penguin wearing a hat and scarf holds a canadian flag
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Oh Canada….
here I come! Heading for the Association for Asian Studies conference in Vancouver, where my book will be awarded the 2026 Coomaraswamy Prize ❤️
looking forward to running along the beautiful waterfront too, and seeing one of my oldest bestest friends Gage Averill.
here I come! Heading for the Association for Asian Studies conference in Vancouver, where my book will be awarded the 2026 Coomaraswamy Prize ❤️
looking forward to running along the beautiful waterfront too, and seeing one of my oldest bestest friends Gage Averill.
This follows on from my 2025 Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society for the same book.
I am the only person to have won both the Kinkeldey and the Coomaraswamy prizes.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/profess...
I am the only person to have won both the Kinkeldey and the Coomaraswamy prizes.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/profess...
Professor Katherine Schofield wins the 2025 Otto Kinkeldey Award | King's College London
Professor Katherine Butler Schofield receives the Otto Kinkeldey Award for her book on music and musicians of the late Mughal period.
www.kcl.ac.uk
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This follows on from my 2025 Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society for the same book.
I am the only person to have won both the Kinkeldey and the Coomaraswamy prizes.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/profess...
I am the only person to have won both the Kinkeldey and the Coomaraswamy prizes.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/profess...
His papers are at Princeton. I would read a book on this dude. @paulbabinski.bsky.social, wanna write it?
findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0038
findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0038
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Papers, 1827-1970 (mostly 1917-1947) - Finding AidsSearchOnlineIcon ReviewOnline
findingaids.princeton.edu
February 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
His papers are at Princeton. I would read a book on this dude. @paulbabinski.bsky.social, wanna write it?
findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0038
findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0038
Vidente revolucionario para una era postindustrial: El Nietzsche de Ananda Coomaraswamy (2004) – Allan Antliff
Vidente revolucionario para una era postindustrial: El Nietzsche de Ananda Coomaraswamy (2004) – Allan Antliff
www.federacionanarquista.net
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Vidente revolucionario para una era postindustrial: El Nietzsche de Ananda Coomaraswamy (2004) – Allan Antliff
“There is then no sacred or profane, spiritual or sensual, but everything that lives is pure and void.”
― Ananda Coomaraswamy
― Ananda Coomaraswamy
November 12, 2024 at 6:00 AM
“There is then no sacred or profane, spiritual or sensual, but everything that lives is pure and void.”
― Ananda Coomaraswamy
― Ananda Coomaraswamy
(notes)
In a dream a man gives me a map of the locations of forests I will never journey to.
.
over the yellowing
field
fire-red dragonflies
dart
& hover
.
“the flame
in the windless spot
that does
not flicker”
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
In a dream a man gives me a map of the locations of forests I will never journey to.
.
over the yellowing
field
fire-red dragonflies
dart
& hover
.
“the flame
in the windless spot
that does
not flicker”
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
February 22, 2025 at 6:32 AM
(notes)
In a dream a man gives me a map of the locations of forests I will never journey to.
.
over the yellowing
field
fire-red dragonflies
dart
& hover
.
“the flame
in the windless spot
that does
not flicker”
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
In a dream a man gives me a map of the locations of forests I will never journey to.
.
over the yellowing
field
fire-red dragonflies
dart
& hover
.
“the flame
in the windless spot
that does
not flicker”
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
"This was Cage's first composition using Hindu philosophy as a basis, and he composed the Sonatas and Interludes in a period of time during which he was reading extensively the works of the Indian art historian and critic Ananda K. Coomaraswamy."
#contemporary #masterpiece
#contemporary #masterpiece
John Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano (Orlando Bass)
YouTube video by OrlandoBBass
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April 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"This was Cage's first composition using Hindu philosophy as a basis, and he composed the Sonatas and Interludes in a period of time during which he was reading extensively the works of the Indian art historian and critic Ananda K. Coomaraswamy."
#contemporary #masterpiece
#contemporary #masterpiece
Day 1/100:
Anada K. Coomaraswamy
Art and Swadeshi (1909)
“Has it never occurred to you that it is as much your duty to make your lives and your environment beautiful as to make them moral, in fact that without beauty there can be no true morality, without morality no true beauty”
#art #poetrt
Anada K. Coomaraswamy
Art and Swadeshi (1909)
“Has it never occurred to you that it is as much your duty to make your lives and your environment beautiful as to make them moral, in fact that without beauty there can be no true morality, without morality no true beauty”
#art #poetrt
June 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Collection—featuring works by and about the pioneering interpreter of Indian art, philosophy, and mythology—is now available!
Find it here: press.princeton.edu/collections/...
#Bollingen #ReadUP #Coomaraswamy #Art #Aesthetics
Find it here: press.princeton.edu/collections/...
#Bollingen #ReadUP #Coomaraswamy #Art #Aesthetics
February 17, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Collection—featuring works by and about the pioneering interpreter of Indian art, philosophy, and mythology—is now available!
Find it here: press.princeton.edu/collections/...
#Bollingen #ReadUP #Coomaraswamy #Art #Aesthetics
Find it here: press.princeton.edu/collections/...
#Bollingen #ReadUP #Coomaraswamy #Art #Aesthetics
… familiar with all skepticisms, expert in tracing all beliefs to primitive superstitions, explorers of the infinitely great and infinitely small, we are worshippers of Natarāja still.
-Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
-Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
March 19, 2026 at 4:47 AM
… familiar with all skepticisms, expert in tracing all beliefs to primitive superstitions, explorers of the infinitely great and infinitely small, we are worshippers of Natarāja still.
-Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
-Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
“The artist is not a special kind of person; rather each person is a special kind of artist” quote by Ananda Coomaraswamy
January 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“The artist is not a special kind of person; rather each person is a special kind of artist” quote by Ananda Coomaraswamy