Śilpaprakāśaḥ

Rāmacandra Kaulācāra

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 2005 - Architecture - 471 pages

The Silpa Prakasais an important addition to the existing literature on Indian Silpa Texts. the text goes into a great detail of the architecture, the iconography and the symbolism of all the parts of the temple. Its unique contribution lies in the description of Yantras or symbolic diagrams underlying the architecture as well as sculpture. This edition will be extremely valuable for understanding not only temple construction but the entire symbolism underlying the unique temples of Orissa.

Contents

• Detailed Contents of the Text 4347: 45
• Dhyana on the Image of Viśvakarman 1: 49
• Examination of the Ground 24: 55

Bibliographic information

• Title: Śilpaprakāśaḥ; Volume 52 of Kalāmūlaśāstra granthamālā; Volume 52 of Kalāmūlaśāstra series
• Author: Rāmacandra Kaulācāra
• Editors: Bettina Bäumer, Rājendra Prasāda Dāsa, Sadananda Das
• Translated by: Alice Boner, Sadāśiva Rath Śarmā
• Contributors: Alice Boner, Sadāśiva Rath Śarmā, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 2005
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: May 20, 2009
• ISBN: 8120820525, 9788120820524
• Length: 471 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / History / General; Architecture / Regional; Religion / Sacred Places