| Description |
1 online resource (303 pages) |
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Brill's indological library ; v. 41 |
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Brill's Indological library ; v. 41.
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| Contents |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 0.1 Ellora's Jain Caves: A New Perspective; 0.2 Ellora's Jain Caves in Context; 0.3 Organization of the Book; CARVING THE SAMAVASARA?A; 1.1 The Assembly of Worshippers at Ellora; 1.2 Further Evidence From Ellora's Antechambers; 1.3 Ellora as the Samavasara?a; 1.4 Samavasara?as on Earth; CARVING THE LIBERATED; 2.1 Ellora's Main Shrine Jinas; 2.2 The A??amahapratiharya; 2.2.1 Elements Supporting the Jina; 2.2.2 Elements Crowning the Jina; 2.2.3 Elements Attending the Jina; 2.3 More than Ornamentation; CARVING THE DIVINE |
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3.1 Images of the Jain Yak?a and yak?i at Ellora3.2 Jain Deities in a Broader Context at Ellora; 3.3 the Yak?a/Yak?i Pair as Sasanadevatas; 3.4 Cakresvari, Padmavati, and other Goddesses; 3.5 Wealth, Fecundity, and Protection at Ellora; CARVING ELLORA'S JAIN PATRONS; 4.1 the Ra??raku?as: A question of Patronage; 4.2 At the Feet of a Jina; 4.3 Devoted Patrons in Ellora's Jain Caves; 4.4 Brahmacarins and their Presentations as Donors; 4.5 Portraits of Aryikas at Ellora; 4.6 A New Look at Patronage at Ellora; CARVING SACRED SPACE; 5.1 Creating a Celestial Environment |
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5.2 Reconstructing medieval Lay Puja5.2.1 Acts of Puja; 5.2.2 Lustrating the Jina at Ellora; CARVING A LARGER JAIN WORLD; 6.1 Ellora's Last Phase of Activity; 6.2 Contemporary Devotion at Ellora; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; FIGURES |
| Summary |
Drawing on art historical, epigraphical, and textual evidence, this book is the first full-scale reconstruction of medieval Jain activities at Ellora. It not only highlights the understudied Jain caves, but examines them in concert with Ellora's Hindu and Buddhist monuments |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jaina art -- India -- Ellora Caves
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Jaina cave temples -- India -- Ellora Caves
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ART -- Subjects & Themes -- Religious.
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Jaina art
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Jaina cave temples
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| SUBJECT |
Ellora Caves (India) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002154
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| Subject |
India -- Ellora Caves
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004206304 |
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9004206302 |
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