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1、THEBOLLINGENSERIESVIHEINRICHZIMMERMYTHSANDSYMBOLSININDIANARTANDCIVILIZATIONEDITEDBYJOSEPHCAMPBELLTHEnOLLINGENSERIESVIPANTHEONBOOKSCopyright1946byBollingenFoundation,Washington,D.C.PublishedfOTBollingenFoundationInc.byPantheonBooksInc.Manufacturedinthe
2、U.S.A.byH.WolD,NewYork,N.Y.DesignedbyStefanSalterEDITOR'SFOREWORDItwasagreatlosswhenHeinrichZimmer(I890-I943)diedsuddenlyofpneumonia,twoyearsafterhisarrivalintheUnitedStates.Hewasattheopeningofwhatwouldcertainlyhavebeenthemostproductiveperiodofhiscare
3、er.Twobinsofnotesandpapersremainedtotestifytohisrapidlymaturingprojects.ThelecturesthathehadbeendeliveringatColumbiaUniversitywereroughlytypedandarrangedforconversionintobooks;avolumeonHindumedicinewashalfcompleted;anintroductiontothestudyofSanskritha
4、dbeenoutlined;apopularworkonmythol•ogyhadbeenbegun.Scrapsofpaper,scribbledinGerman,Eng•lish,Sanskrit,andFrench,weresiftedeverywhereintothepagesofhislibraryandfiles,suggestingo,rticlestobewritten,researchworktobeaccomplished,evenexcursionstobemadetospe
5、cificlocalitiesinIndiaafterthecloseofthewar.Hehadquicklyadaptedhimselftothewaysofhisnewcountryandwasfiredwithaneagernesstomakehiscontributiontoitsintellectualheritage.Hardlyhadhebeguntofindhisstride,however,when,suddenlystricken,hepassedfromfullcareer
6、tohisdeathwithinsevendays.Thetaskofrescuingfromoblivionasgreataportionaspossibleoftheabruptlyinterruptedlaborswastakenupimmediately.MYTHSANDSYMBOLSININDIANARTANDCIVILIZATIONisareworkingofthelecturecoursedeliveredatColumbiaUniversitythewintertermofI942
7、.ThetypewrittennoteshadbeensupplementedintheclassroombyimpromptuamplificationsandillustratedbyaseriesofovertwohundredVlanternslides.Theirtransformationintoabookdemandedcon•siderablerecomposition,re-arrangement,abridgmentsandaugmentation.Recollectionso
8、fconversationswithDr.Zimmersuppliedmostofthematerialsforthisreconstruction.Wheresuchhelpwaslacking,Iturnedtotheauthoritieshemostrespected.Dr.AnandaK.Coomaraswamyverykindlysuppliedanumberofsupplementarynotestocompletethework.Hisadditionshavebee
