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Following the cap-figure in Majapahit temple reliefs : a new look at the religious function of East Javanese temples, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries / by Lydia Kieven.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kieven, Lydia, author.
- Series:
- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 280.
- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu temples--Indonesia--Java--History.
- Hindu temples.
- Hindu symbolism--History.
- Hindu symbolism.
- Religion.
- Java (Indonesia)--Religion.
- Java (Indonesia).
- Indonesia--History--To 1478.
- Indonesia.
- Indonesia--Java.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 379 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Brill 2013
- Leiden : Brill, 2013.
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Following male figures wearing a cap (cap-figures) in temple reliefs of the Javanese Majapahit period (ca. 1300-1500) leads to astonishing results on their meaning and function. The cap-figures, representing commoners, servants, warriors, noblemen, and most significantly Prince Panji, the hero from the East Javanese Panji stories, are unique to depictions of non-Indic narratives. The cap-figure constitutes a prominent example of Majapahit’s creativity in new concepts of art, literature and religion, independent from the Indian influence. More than that, the symbolic meaning of the cap-figures leads to an esoteric level: a pilgrim who followed the depictions of the cap-figures and of Panji in the temples would have been guided to the Tantric doctrine within Hindu-Buddhist religion. This title is available online in its entirety in Open Access.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Narrative reliefs and panji stories
- Iconography of the Late East Javanese temple reliefs
- Temples in context of religion and politics
- Table of depictions of cap-figures in Majapahit art in chronological order
- Candi Jago: The cap, a new fashion of headgear
- Candi Panataran: Panji, introducing the pilgrim into the Tantric doctrine
- Candi Surowono: Sidapaksa, a nobleman with a cap
- Candi Mirigambar: Panji, the ideal lover and warrior
- Sanctuaries on Mount Penanggungan: Candi Kendalisodo, Candi Yudha, and the Panji statue from Candi Selokelir – the climax
- Conclusion: Panji and the Cap-figure as intermediary characters on the path to Tantric rituals
- Appendix: Previous research on the single case studies
- Glossary: Javanese and Old Javanese terms
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on print record, CIP data from the publisher, and e-publication e-publication, viewed on July 03, 2020.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9789004258655
- 9004258655
- OCLC:
- 857278710
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004258655 DOI
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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