This volume discusses the multiple facets, dominant characteristics, and historical trajectories of religious traditions in pre-colonial south India. Examining the linkages between religion and politics, it investigates alternative vernacular traditions, rituals and practices, temple architecture, iconography, and other representational art forms.
This volume discusses the multiple facets, dominant characteristics, and historical trajectories of religious traditions in pre-colonial south India. Examining the linkages between religion and politics, it investigates alternative vernacular traditions, rituals and practices, temple architecture, iconography, and other representational art forms.
Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Making of a Religious Tradition, An Overview; Section I: Puranic Religion and Bhakti: Chapter 1. From Devotion and Dissent to Dominance: The Bhakti of the Tamil Alvar and Nayanar; Chapter 2. Puranic Religion and Saiva Tradition; Chapter 3. Sankara and Puranic Religion; Chapter 4. Vaisnava Concepts in Early Tamil Nadu; Section II: Canonical Traditions and Religious Communities: Chapter 5. Patikam Patuvar: Ritual Singing as a Means of Communication in Early Medieval South India; Chapter 6. Caste and Community: Oscillating Identities in Pre-modern South India; Chapter 7. The Matha: Monachism as the Base of an Parallel Authority Structure; Section III: Counter Traditions: Chapter 8. Buddhism in South India: Patterns of Patronage; Chapter 9. Jainism in South India: Tamil Nadu and Andhra and Karnataka; Chapter 10. From Natural Caverns to Rock-cut and Structural Temples: The Changing Context of the Jaina Religious Tradition; Chapter 11. The Bhakti Movement and Religious Conflict in Early Medieval Tamilakam; Section IV: Temple as Metaphor: Chapter 12. Symbol and Metaphor: Temple Architecture and Iconography; Chapter 13. Iconographic Programme and Political Imagery in Early Medieval Tamilakam: The Ràjasimhesvara and the Ràjaràjesvara in Early Medieval South India; Chapter 14. Bhagavata Scenes in Pallava and Cola Sculptures; Chapter 15. Tanjàvur, The Ceremonial City; Chapter 16. The Dravida Style of Architecture: A Historical Perspective; Section V: The Ideology of Sovereignty: Chapter 17. The Sovereignty of the Divine: The Vaisnava Pantheon and Temporal Power; Chapter 18. Ideology and the State in Medieval South India
Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Making of a Religious Tradition, An Overview; Section I: Puranic Religion and Bhakti: Chapter 1. From Devotion and Dissent to Dominance: The Bhakti of the Tamil Alvar and Nayanar; Chapter 2. Puranic Religion and Saiva Tradition; Chapter 3. Sankara and Puranic Religion; Chapter 4. Vaisnava Concepts in Early Tamil Nadu; Section II: Canonical Traditions and Religious Communities: Chapter 5. Patikam Patuvar: Ritual Singing as a Means of Communication in Early Medieval South India; Chapter 6. Caste and Community: Oscillating Identities in Pre-modern South India; Chapter 7. The Matha: Monachism as the Base of an Parallel Authority Structure; Section III: Counter Traditions: Chapter 8. Buddhism in South India: Patterns of Patronage; Chapter 9. Jainism in South India: Tamil Nadu and Andhra and Karnataka; Chapter 10. From Natural Caverns to Rock-cut and Structural Temples: The Changing Context of the Jaina Religious Tradition; Chapter 11. The Bhakti Movement and Religious Conflict in Early Medieval Tamilakam; Section IV: Temple as Metaphor: Chapter 12. Symbol and Metaphor: Temple Architecture and Iconography; Chapter 13. Iconographic Programme and Political Imagery in Early Medieval Tamilakam: The Ràjasimhesvara and the Ràjaràjesvara in Early Medieval South India; Chapter 14. Bhagavata Scenes in Pallava and Cola Sculptures; Chapter 15. Tanjàvur, The Ceremonial City; Chapter 16. The Dravida Style of Architecture: A Historical Perspective; Section V: The Ideology of Sovereignty: Chapter 17. The Sovereignty of the Divine: The Vaisnava Pantheon and Temporal Power; Chapter 18. Ideology and the State in Medieval South India
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