Religion, tradition, and ideology : pre-colonial South India
| Parallelsachtitel: |
Pre-colonial South India |
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| 1. Verfasser: |
Champakalakshmi, R. 1932-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xx, 643 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Oxford collected essays
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| Schlagworte: | |
Inhaltsangabe:
- The making of religious tradition : perspectives from pre-colonial south India
- Section 1: Puranic religion, bhakti, and religious traditions. From devotion and dissent to dominance : the bhakti of the Tamil Alvars and Nayanars
- Puranic religion and the evolution of the Tamil Saiva tradition
- Sankara and puranic religion
- Vaisnava concepts in early Tamil Nadu
- The sacred geography of the Murukan cult
- Section 2: Religion, canon and community. Patikam patuvar : ritual singing as a means of communication in early medieval south India
- Caste and community : oscillating identities in pre-modern south India
- The matha : monachism as the base of a parallel authority structure
- Section III: Counter traditions : the sramanas. Buddhism in South India : patterns of patronage
- Jainism in Tamil Nadu : a historical overview
- Jainism in Andhra and Karnataka
- The bhakti movement and religious conflict in early medieval Tamilakam
- Section IV: Temple as symbol and metaphor. Symbol and metaphor : Temple architecture and iconography in south India
- Iconographic programme and political imagery in early medieval Tamilakam : The Rajasimhesvara and the Rajarajesvara
- Bhagavata scenes in Pallava and Cola sculptures
- Tanjavur, the ceremonial city of the Colas
- The Dravida style of architecture : a historical perspective
- Section V: Ideology and sovereignty. The sovereignty of the divine : the Vaisnava pantheon and temporal power in south India
- Ideology and the state in south India.
