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Opening Kailasanatha : the temple in Kanchipuram revealed in time and space /
Stone figures hardened by ascetic discipline and heroic effort face north in deep shadow. There they meet the gazes of the same gods and goddesses but with gentler bodies enacting grace, warmth, seduction, and marriage, drenched in sunlight, facing south. These figures adorn the eighth-century Kaila...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Order and Improvisation : The elements of the Pallavas' Kailasanatha Temple Complex
- Looking North and South : Celibacy and intimacy, struggle and grace
- Looking East and West, With and Without Sons : Deities, royalty, family, and lineage
- Circumambulating This Way and That : Complementarity set in motion
- Word-Image Tango : Telling stories with words and sculptures
- Conclusions
- Appendix 1. Inscriptions on Rajasimha's Prakara
- Appendix 2. The Foundation Inscription of the Rajasimheshvara, Rajasimha's Vimana
- Appendix 3. The Foundation Inscription of the Mahendravarmeshvara, Mahendravarman III's Vimana
- Appendix 4. The Foundation Inscriptions around Vimanas C, E, and G, Marking Donations by Pallava Queens
- Glossary of Sanskrit terms.