Ananda Coomaraswamy

"works provide virtually a complete education in themselves."

"He was definitely an apologist of Hinduism, a defender of Hindu values and traditions against the numerous misconceptions and prejudices common among the Western and anglicized-Indian audiences."

"The image of Shiva as Nataraj is indelibly stitched into the Indian imagination. How many various dances of Shiva are known to His worshippers. I cannot say. No doubt the root idea behind all of these…"

"O my Lord, Thy hand holding the sacred drum has made and ordered the heavens and earth and other worlds and innumerable souls. Thy lifted hand protects both the conscious and unconscious order of thy …"

"The more superficially one studies Buddhism, the more it seems to differ from the Brahmanism in which it originated; the more profound our study, the more difficult it becomes to distinguish Buddhism …"