Temple Imagery from Early Mediaeval Peninsular IndiaAnalyzing the ways in which ideas of heroic discourse and the socio-religious and political needs of the period moulded iconography, this book explores the evolution of the iconography of the early mediaeval Hindu temples of the Indian peninsula, over the course of the 6th-12th centuries C.E. |
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A. K. Ramanujan Agamic Aihole allegorical associated Badami Bali Bhakti Brahma bronze carved Cave centre century Champakalakshmi Chapter chariot Cola Cola period Cola rulers Cola temples consort created cult cultic Dancing Śiva Darasuram datable Deccan deity Delhi demon depicted described devotee divine early Cola early historical early mediaeval period Ellora eulogies festival Figure four-armed Ganga Gangaikondacolapuram Goddess Hence hymns Ibid icon iconographic imagery inscription Kailasanatha Temple Kālī Kanchi Kanchipuram Kārttikeya king Korravai Kulottunga Lalāṭatilakam legend linga Mahabalipuram motif Murugan Namakkal Narasimha Naṭarāja niche Pallava Pandya panels parallel Pārvatī Pattadakkal peninsular India poem political pose Pradakṣiņā Purāṇa Puranic Puranic narrative Rājarāja reference religion religious ritual royal patron royal temples Śaiva Śaivism Śaivite Sanskrit sculptures shows shrine significant Śiva Śiva's Skanda Somāskanda South India symbolic Tamil Tamilakam Tanjavur territory tradition Tripurantaka Trivikrama Vaikhānasa Vaiṣṇava Varaha various Vedic verse victory Vimāna Viṣṇu visual wall worship