Religion, tradition, and ideology : pre-colonial south India / R. Chamakalakshmi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Champakalakshmi, R. (Radha), 1932-2024.

Contributor:

Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hindu temples--India, South--History.

Hindu temples.

Hindu art--India, South.

Hindu art.

Hindu symbolism.

Buddhist art and symbolism--India, South.

Buddhist art and symbolism.

History.

South India.

Physical Description:

xx, 643 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Contents:

The making of religious tradition : perspectives from pre-colonial south India

Section 1: Purāṇic religion, bhakti, and religious traditions. From devotion and dissent to dominance : the bhakti of the Tamil Āl̤vārs and Nāyanārs

Purāṇic religion and the evolution of the Tamil Śaiva tradition

Śankara and purāṇic religion

Vaiṣṇava concepts in early Tamil Nadu

The sacred geography of the Murukan cult

Section 2: Religion, canon and community. Patikam pāṭuvār : ritual singing as a means of communication in early medieval south India

Caste and community : oscillating identities in pre-modern south India

The maṭha : monachism as the base of a parallel authority structure

Section III: Counter traditions : the śramaṇas. 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 Tamil̤akam

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 Tamil̤akam : The Rājasimheśvara and the Rājarājeśvara

Bhāgavata scenes in Pallava and Cōḷa sculptures

Tañjāvūr, the ceremonial city of the Cōḷas

The Drāviḍa style of architecture : a historical perspective

Section V: Ideology and sovereignty. The sovereignty of the divine : the Vaiṣṇava pantheon and temporal power in south India

Ideology and the state in south India.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

9780198070597 :

0198070594 :

OCLC:

696100358