raju kalidos (6 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. The present book a collection of ten articles deals with the vicissitudes of sectarian confrontations in South India particularly Tamilnadu mainly with the factions of Hinduism during the medieval period c AD 500-1600 Down to AD 550 Buddhism and Jainism dominated the helm of affairs in the South The Alvars and Nayanmar heralds of a renaissance in religious matters systematically propagated the cults of Visnu and Siva The Bhagavata movement of the North was the root of this neo-scenario By about AD 700 the march of heterodoxical sects was checked The bhakti-based sects having set their foot strongly started abusing mutually in an effort to muster mass following The disputes were mostly in the form of philosophical arguments barring exceptional cases of violent clashes Definitely there was no armed belligerency as it took place in the West eg the Crusades and 100 Years War Nor did they follow the jehads of Arab-Turkish iconoclasts who destroyed temples and erected minars The Saiva-Vaisnava joined by Sakta and others clashes were of the cold war type and had a tremendous impact on the iconographical developments of the medieval period The grim effects of sectarianism may be discerned in the plastic and pictoral arts of which a number of samples are enumerated and illustrated These are backed by the literature of the age especially the hagilogical works and hymns of the bhakti savantsA group of eight authors under inspiration of the editor have taken the commendable effort to delve deep into the problem This is a norm-setting area in art historical research 160 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. The book is in two parts dealing with the sacred hymns of the Alvars and Nayanmar; rooted in the Vedas, the Itihasas, the Gita and the Sahasranamas of Visnu and Siva. The first part presents the Roman transcription and English translation of the holiest of the hymns, the Tiruppavai and Tiruvempavai. The second part is on "Morphological Riddles and Mythological Setting" of the Alvars hymns, and historical reflections on the 'Divyadesas" (Sacred Geography) of Visnuism in the Kaviri delta. The book includes an historical introduction on the bhakti cult. Rooted in the 'Bhagavata' or Vrsni-vira worship, the bhakti adumbrated by the Alvars and the Nayanmar (6th-9th century CE) had a tremendous impact over the course liturgical literature, temple building and the temple arts, sculpture and painting through the ages in South and Southeast Asia. Fourth and fifth chapters elaborately deal with the Tamil Veda, the 'Nalayiram' in the context of the ideas aired in second and third chapters. The annexures on Visnusahasranama and Sivasahasranama pinpoint their art historical relevance.

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Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Vol. I. Visnu Preface. 1. Sources. 2. Religio political backdrop and architectural setting. 3. Iconographical Survey. 4. Classification and analysis. 5. Reflections on social life and aesthetic trends. Annexures 1. Vaisnava iconography of early medieval South India a quantitative analysis. 2. Sacred geography of the Vaisnava mystics. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Vol. II. Siva Preface. Introduction. 1. Sources. 2. Iconographical survey upper Deccan. 3. Iconographical survey lower Deccan and the Krsna Delta. 4. Iconographical survey the far south. 5. Classification and analysis. 6. Reflections on social life and aesthetic trends. Conclusions. Annexures 1. Sacred geography of the Tevaram hymnists. 2. Sivasahasranama an analysis of the epithets. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Vol. III. Sakti Goddesses Preface. 1. Sources. 2. Iconographical survey upper Deccan. 3. Iconographical survey lower Deccan and the Krsna Delta. 4. Iconographical survey the far south. 5. Classification and analysis. 6. Reflections on social life and aesthetic trends. Conclusion. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Vol. IV. I. Ganpati and Skanda Murukan Preface. 1. Sources. 2. Iconographical survey upper Deccan. 3. Iconographical survey lower Deccan and the Krsna Delta. 4. Iconographical survey the far south. 5. Classification and analysis. 6. Reflections on social life and aesthetic trends. Conclusion. Annexures 1. Vatapi Ganapati. 2. Recent finds. 3. Mini masterpieces of aihole. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. II. Brahma and Other Deities Preface. 1. Sources. 2. Iconographical survey upper Deccan. 3. Iconographical survey lower Deccan and the Krsna Delta. 4. Iconographical survey the far south. 5. Classification and analysis. 6. Reflections on social life and aesthetic trends. Conclusion. Epilogue a tailpiece to the four volume series. Glossary. Bibliography. Consolidated bibliography. Index. The Volume One contains the results of the author in literature and the field. Monuments of the early medieval period all over South India was visited and the literature in Tamil and Sanskrit consulted. Being the first in a series of four volumes it has a chapter on religion and political background. The results of the monuments surveyed in the field and presented in the third chapter under the subheads Upper Deccan Lower Deccan and Far South. However the most important part of the monograph is the investigation of Tamil sources that is a much neglected aspect in Indian art historical research. In the present volume the Tamil quota of thought embodied in the Nalayiram is examined. There are two annexure of which one was a paper presented in the Banares Hindu University. The other is an analysis of the Vaisnava divyaksetras as listed in the Nalayiram. In volume II the first chapter presents an examination of the sources in Tamil literature especially the hymns of the bhakti savants the Nayanmar particularly the Tevaram. There are not less than 8000 hymns under vast corpus the examination of which has inspired western scholars (e.g. Ellen Goldberg of the Queen's University Ontario) to pay attention to the Tamil sources in the investigation of an Indian iconographic theme such as Ardhanarisvara. The II IV chapters examine the Saiva iconographical themes as they are present in the Upper Deccan Lower Deccan and far south. The other chapters attempt an analytical study of the distribution pattern of the iconographical themes and their aesthetic value. A recent article published in the Acta Orientalia deals with the origin and distribution pattern of Lingodbhavamurti basing on the methodology followed in the present monograph. In volume III the first chapter presents an account of sources in both Tamil and Sanskrit. The Tamil sources examined are those of the Cankam classics and the pre Pallava Cilappatikaram and Manimekalai. In addition to the Devimahatmyam some liturgical works (e.g. Lalitasahasranama) and the Mattavilasaprahasana are examined. The results of these sou.