Browsing by Author "Rao, N."

Filter results by typing the first few letters
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Continuities and Transformations in the Aniconic Symbols of the Buddha in Kanaganahalli: Recently Discovered Buddhist Site in Karnataka, South India
    (University of Kelaniya, 2015) Rao, N.
    The recently excavated Buddhist site of Kananganahalli (Sannati), Karnataka provides a unique opportunity to the art historians to reconstruct the religious history of Buddhism in South India. While describing the excavation survey results, particularly of the Maha Stūpa and its imagery, the paper elucidates the unique stylistic characteristics of its art in relation to that of Indian and South East Asian visual culture. It focuses on the form and meaning (metaphysical and ideological) of the symbols of the Stūpa, Cakra, and Buddhapada in relation to those at Sānchi, Amravati, Sri Lanka and Dvāravati. Using literary and inscriptional evidences, it places the efflorescence of religious art at the crossroads of trade (and religion) routes reflecting the local dynamism of Thēravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism in South India.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Global Perspective Research Productivity on Swine Flu: A Scientometric Study.
    (Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Duraipandi, R.; Aravind; Rao, N.
    Scientometrics is a method to measure quantitative output of all branches of sciences and social sciences. Today, it is very popular area of study in library and information science. An analysis of 958 publications published by scientists on Swine Flu during 1991-2014 (19 years) which indexed in Web of Science universal Database indicates the publications in the global perspectives. Swine Flu is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease of pigs, caused by one of the several strains of swine influenza A. The virus is spread among pigs by aerosols, through direct and indirect contact, and also by asymptomatic carrier pigs. The highest numbers of papers were published during the year 2009 with 270 (28.2%) records and ranked at top; the year 2010 has scored 243 (25.4%) and the year 2011 has scored 187(19.6%) of publication and ranked at third. Overall, 3172 authors were contributed 501 publications in the journal and cited reference with 16467 records of the articles. The average citation per item is 9.43 and the h- index is 44 with LCS 583; GCS 8983; CR 16467.