Download or read book Tiruparuttikun r am and Its Temples written by T. N. Ramachandran and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Framing the Jina written by John Cort and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-21 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Cort explores the narratives by which the Jains have explained the presence of icons of Jinas (their enlightened and liberated teachers) that are worshiped and venerated in the hundreds of thousands of Jain temples throughout India. Most of these narratives portray icons favorably, and so justify their existence; but there are also narratives originating among iconoclastic Jain communities that see the existence of temple icons as a sign of decay and corruption. The veneration of Jina icons is one of the most widespread of all Jain ritual practices. Nearly every Jain community in India has one or more elaborate temples, and as the Jains become a global community there are now dozens of temples in North America, Europe, Africa, and East Asia. The cult of temples and icons goes back at least two thousand years, and indeed the largest of the four main subdivisions of the Jains are called Murtipujakas, or "Icon Worshipers." A careful reading of narratives ranging over the past 15 centuries, says Cort, reveals a level of anxiety and defensiveness concerning icons, although overt criticism of the icons only became explicit in the last 500 years. He provides detailed studies of the most important pro- and anti-icon narratives. Some are in the form of histories of the origins and spread of icons. Others take the form of cosmological descriptions, depicting a vast universe filled with eternal Jain icons. Finally, Cort looks at more psychological explanations of the presence of icons, in which icons are defended as necessary spiritual corollaries to the very fact of human embodiedness.

Download or read book Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology written by Instituut Kern, Leyden and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art written by Indian Society of Oriental Art and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bibliography of Indian Archaeology written by Instituut Kern, Leyden and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Jaina Monuments and Places of First Class Importance written by T. N. Ramachandran and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sr Varadar jasw mi Temple K chi written by K. V. Raman and published by New Delhi : Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1975 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a Vaishnavite temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.

Download or read book Annual Bibliography of Indian Arch ology for the Year 1926 written by Instituut Kern (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden) and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sri Varadarajaswami Temple Kanchi A Study of Its History Art and Architecture written by K.V. Raman and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kanchi, the ancient capital city of the South, teems with historic temples of great beauty and grandeur. The magnificent temple of Lord Varadaraja, situated in Vishnu-Kanchi, has played a remarkable part in fostering the growth of Sri-Vaishnavism and has justly been ranked with the famous temples of Srirangam and Tirupati as the holiest of the holies. This is the first comprehensive and illustrated treatise on this hoary temple, focusing attention of the various aspects like the origin and the growth of the temple, critical review of the temple traditions, the role of the temple in the growth of Sri-Vaishnavism, the association of the acharyas like Ramanuja with the temple, besides the pivotal role the temple has played in the social and cultural life of the community. The vast literature that has grown round the temple and the five hundred and odd inscriptions that crowd the wall-spaces of the shrines provide a sumptuous source material for this study. One of the largest temple complexes of South India, the temple presents interesting variety of architectural and sculptural styles of different schools. The temple is particularly rich in Vaishnava iconography. The book provides a detailed study and interpretation of these features with the help of hitherto unpublished photographs and drawings. The book also brings to light the presence of fine paintings of the Vijayanagar times that are found in the dark cloister around the sanctum. The book is a distinct contribution to the field of historical and architectural studies of ancient Indian temples.

Download or read book Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum written by and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book March of Karnataka written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Da an m sa ny s s written by Matthew James Clark and published by Brill's Indological Library. This book was released on 2006 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an account of the organisation, practices and history of the Daśanāmī-Saṃnyāsīs, one of the largest sects of sādhu-s ('holy men') in South Asia, founded, according to tradtion, by the legendary philosopher Śaṅkarācārya.

Download or read book The History and Mythology of the Kumbh Mel A Weeny Introduction written by Matthew Clark and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kumbh Melā, which takes place in India approximately every three years, is the largest festival in the world. This short introduction to its history and mythology was originally published as an appendix to my study of a sect of Indian sādhus, the Daśanāmī-Saṃnyāsīs (The Daśanāmī-Saṃnyāsīs: The Integration of Ascetic Lineages into an Order. Leiden/Boston: E. J. Brill, 2006). It has been reprinted in this small booklet to enable easy access to the information. This booklet is slightly out of date, as only a few publications on this topic have been consulted since this article was first published, in 2006. Dr. Matthew Clark, Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of Lon

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