India and South-East Asia

The South-East is a cultural perspective aptly named agneyi the direction  of the God Agni. It is reflected even in the Sino-Japanese Mahakarunagarbha  mandala of the 8th century where Agni is surrounded by sages: Angiras with  his consort Gautami and Atreya with his consort Bhrgvi. In the Pao-hsiang  Lou pantheon Agni is surrounded by eight rsi's Angiras, Vasistha, Garga,  Markandeya, Gautama, Kasyapa, Shan-ch'eng-ming-yang and Su-chi-i (the  Sanskrit names of the last two have to yet to be found). In Indic terms,  the conceptual space of SE Asia endows it with the serenity of the mind,  the grandeur of structures, the profundity of expression derived from  Sanskrit. The SE is the mind ground of the sages, the rishis, and as such  the marvellous manifestation of the Hindu-Buddhist genius. This book  chronicles the dynamism, the fire, the Agni of the Agneya (SE) direction  across the past that shades into the present with tomorrows inside.