It is primarily an introduction to image-thinking and picture-reading in Indian art and thought, and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of life and death recognizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.
^ (2012). Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization, Vol. 6ISBN 9780691017785 (revised Dec 2013)
^Heinrich Zimmer (2012). 9780691017785, Princeton University Press, New Ed edition. ISBN 9780691017785 (revised Nov 2012)
^Princeton Classics: Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization Vol. 6 by Heinrich Robert Zimmer (1972, Paperback)ISBN 9780691017785 (revised Aug 2018)
