Discourses on Siva: Proceedings of a Symposium on the Nature of Religious Imagery, [held April 27 - May 1, 1981, at the South Asia Regional Studies Department of the University of Pennnsylvania, Philadelphia] |
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Contents
Levels of Meaning | 1 |
Significance and Scope of PreKusana Saivite Iconography | 28 |
Early Forms of Siva | 47 |
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anandabhairavi Archaeological Survey Ardhanarisvara ascetic asura Bhairava Bharhut Bhubaneswar bhutanayaka bhutas Brahma carved caturmukha cave century a.d. Courtesy cult dance deity Delhi Devi devotee dharmacakra Diksitar disciples divine Durga early eighth century a.d. Ekapada Elephanta Ellora erotic faces figure of Lakulisa forms of Siva four ganas Ganesa garbhagrha Goddess Government Museum Gudimallam Gupta head Hindu Ibid icon iconography India inscription ithyphallic Kailasa Kailasa Temple karanas Khajuraho Kramrisch Kusana period Laksmana Temple lakuta lihga lion lotus Madhya Pradesh Mahabharata Mahadeva Temple MahisamardinI mandapa mantras Mathura mudra myth Nepal Orissa ornaments Parvati Pasupata Photo pillar Plate pre-Kusana Purana raga Rajasthan represented ritual Rudra Rudra-Siva Saiva Saivite sculpture seated sect seventh century a.d. shrine Siva Siva lihga Siva temples Siva's sixth century a.d. Skanda Subrahmanya Survey of India symbol Tamilnadu Tanjavur Tatpurusa texts two-armed upper Uttar Pradesh Vaisnava Varanasi Veda Vedic Visnu wall worship yaksa yogin
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| Title | Discourses on Siva: Proceedings of a Symposium on the Nature of Religious Imagery, [held April 27 - May 1, 1981, at the South Asia Regional Studies Department of the University of Pennnsylvania, Philadelphia] |
| Editor | Michael W. Meister |
| Contributor | University of Pennsylvania. South Asia Regional Studies Department |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Nov 13, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0812279093, 9780812279092 |
| Length | 362 pages |
| Subjects | › Art / General |
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