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Opening Kailasanatha : the temple in Kanchipuram revealed in time and space

By: Publication details: Seattle University of Washington Press 2020Description: xv,256pISBN:
  • 9780295747774
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 726.109394 KAI
Contents:
Contents Preface & Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3 1 Order and Improvisation: The Elements of the Pallavas' Kailasanatha Temple Complex 19 2 Looking North and South Celibacy and Intimacy, Struggle and Grace 38 3 Looking East and West, with and Without Sons Deities, Royalty, Family, and Lineage 93 4 Circumambulating this Way and that Complementarity Set in Motion 126 5 Word-Image Tango Telling Stories with Words and Sculptures 154 Conclusions 174 Appendix 1 Inscriptions on Rajasimha's Prakara 181 Appendix 2 The Foundation Inscription of the Rajasimheshvara, Rajasimha's Vimana 185 Appendix 3 The Foundation Inscription of the Mahendravarmeshvara, Mahendravarman III's Vimana 187 Appendix 4 The Foundation Inscriptions around Vimanas C, E, and G, Marking Donations by Pallava Queens 189 Glossary of Sanskrit 191 Notes 197 Bibliography 225 Index 241 Plates follow page 160
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Book CEPT Library General Faculty of Planning 726.109394 KAI Checked out to A.Srivathsan (0006355385) 31/12/2024 025009
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Contents
Preface & Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 3
1 Order and Improvisation: The Elements of the Pallavas' Kailasanatha Temple Complex 19
2 Looking North and South Celibacy and Intimacy, Struggle and Grace 38
3 Looking East and West, with and Without Sons Deities, Royalty, Family, and Lineage 93
4 Circumambulating this Way and that Complementarity Set in Motion 126
5 Word-Image Tango Telling Stories with Words and Sculptures 154
Conclusions 174
Appendix 1 Inscriptions on Rajasimha's Prakara 181
Appendix 2 The Foundation Inscription of the Rajasimheshvara, Rajasimha's Vimana 185
Appendix 3 The Foundation Inscription of the Mahendravarmeshvara, Mahendravarman III's Vimana 187
Appendix 4 The Foundation Inscriptions around Vimanas C, E, and G, Marking Donations by Pallava Queens 189
Glossary of Sanskrit 191
Notes 197
Bibliography 225
Index 241
Plates follow page 160

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