| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 660 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction. The Discovery -- pt. I. The Approach to the Vishnu-house -- 1. The Significance of the Temple -- 2. Six Concepts -- 3. The Poem -- 4. The Emperor's Career Portrayed on the Prakara Wall -- pt. II. The Secret Dimension of the Vishnu-house -- 5. The Temple Mandala and the Bottom-floor Sanctum -- 6. The Middle-floor Sanctum: The Sculpted Program of the Northern Path -- 7. Northern Panels of the Northern Path: Transforming Power -- 8. Northern Panels of the Northern Path: Fortifying Omniscience -- 9. The Middle-Floor Sanctum: The Sculpted Program of the Southern Path -- 10. The Southern Panels of the Southern Path: "The Path of the Southern Doctrine" -- pt. III. The Public Dimension of the Vishnu-house -- Introduction. Spacetime and Its Display -- 11. The Vimana Panels on the Western Side -- 12. The Panels on the Ardhamandapa or Porch -- 13. The Vimana Panels on the Northern Side -- 14. The Vimana Panels on the Eastern Side |
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15. The Vimana Panels on the Southern Side -- App. 1. Who Are the Bhagavatas? -- App. 2. Vasudeva's Path in the Satvata-samhita -- App. 3. Prithu, the People's Indra -- App. 4. Mantras in the Jayakhya-samhita -- App. 5. Periya Tirumoli 2.9 |
| Summary |
Although Hudson died without completing 'The Body of God', the work has been edited and brought to fruition by Margaret Case. The book is a detailed study of a renowned Tamil Hindu temple, the Vaikuntha Perumal (ca. 770 CE). Hudson uses this temple as an illustration of a major current and historical stage in South Indian Vaisnava religion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-640) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Krishna (Hindu deity) -- Cult
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Nandivarman II, King of the Pallavas, active 732-796 -- Religion
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Krishna (Hindu deity) fast (OCoLC)fst00989141 |
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Nandivarman II, King of the Pallavas, active 732-796. fast (OCoLC)fst01915634 |
| Subject |
Vaikuntha Perumal (Kānchipuram, India)
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| SUBJECT |
Vaikuntha Perumal (Kānchipuram, India) fast (OCoLC)fst01795172 |
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Vaishnavism -- India -- Kānchipuram Region -- History
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RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General.
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Cults.
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Religion.
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Vaishnavism.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Case, Margaret H
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| ISBN |
9780199709021 |
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0199709025 |
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9780199871162 |
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0199871167 |
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