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Elephanta

1999 Art
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Release : 1999
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Book Synopsis Elephanta by : Wendy Doniger

Download or read book Elephanta written by Wendy Doniger. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three descriptive essays and numerous fascinating photographs, taken especially for this volume, allow the reader to experience a major monument of Indian art: the sixth century temple cave on Elephanta Island, in Bombay harbor, and its extraordinary stone sculptures. The authors and the photographer capture the atmosphere of the cave and the spirit of the sculptures, which portray the relentless energy and paradoxical power of Shiva, greatest of all Hindu gods. The photographs are particularly successful in revealing the dramatic alternation of light and dark that is so much a part of the beauty of the cave`s interior. Ms. Berkson`s trained and loving eye picks out the subtleties of the main sculptures and humorous details that the visitor might miss even on the site. In the text Wendy O`Flaherty interprets the myths of Shiva depicted in the sculpture; Ms. berkson`s essay supplies historical background and a stylistic analysis; and George Michell examines the overall structure of the cave to show that it is a mandala-like image of the heavenly mountain residence of Shiva and even of the structure of the universe itself. The author as well as the publishers of the work deserve to be congratulated for providing this easily accessible guide to Elephanta. Research Bulletin Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute,Vol.I, Dec.2002

The Iconography and Ritual of Śiva at Elephanta

1988-11-10 Religion
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Release : 1988-11-10
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis The Iconography and Ritual of Śiva at Elephanta by : Charles D. Collins

Download or read book The Iconography and Ritual of Śiva at Elephanta written by Charles D. Collins. This book was released on 1988-11-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautiful rock-cut Siva temple on Elephanta Island in Bombay Harbor is one of the finest monuments of Indian religion and art. Until now, interpretation of its magnificent sculptured scenes has been neglected. In this book, Collins systematically surveys the pertinent Vedic, Epic, and early Puranic literature as well as the contributions of India's foremost poet and dramatist, Kalidasa, to reveal sources for and interpretations of the subjects of the relief sculptures. This survey shows strong associations with areas formerly controlled by the classical Gupta dynasty in northern India. This book provides the first detailing of this link, intimated by others before, which helps to explain the grandeur of style found in the colossal reliefs. By applying certain aspects of ritual texts of the Lakulisa-Pasupata, the sect that probably used Elephanta originally, exceptional clarity is revealed for the worship of the sculptures in a counterclockwise sequence, quite unusual in India, but appropriate to this particular sect. Lakulisa-Pasupata texts are invoked in Collins' theory of how the cave-temple at Elephanta was used. This area of investigation has been virtually untouched by other scholars for any early Hindu shrine in India.

From Adam's Peak to Elephanta: Sketches in Ceylon and India

1892 India
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Release : 1892
Genre : India
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Book Synopsis From Adam's Peak to Elephanta: Sketches in Ceylon and India by : Edward Carpenter

Download or read book From Adam's Peak to Elephanta: Sketches in Ceylon and India written by Edward Carpenter. This book was released on 1892. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Elephanta Suite

2010-04-30 Fiction
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Release : 2010-04-30
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Elephanta Suite by : Paul Theroux

Download or read book The Elephanta Suite written by Paul Theroux. This book was released on 2010-04-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A master of the travel narrative gives us three intertwined novellas of Westerners transformed by their sojourns in India. This startling and satisfying book captures the tumult, ambition, hardship, and serenity that mark today’s India. Paul Theroux’s characters risk venturing far beyond the subcontinent’s well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A middle-aged couple on vacation veers heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds succour in Mumbai’s reeking slums. And a young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore. In these pages, we also meet Indian characters as singular as they are indicative of the country’s subtle ironies: an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest young striver whose personality is rewired by acquiring an American accent, a miracle-working guru, and more. As ever, Theroux’s portraits of people and places explode stereotypes to exhilarating effect. The Elephanta Suite urges us toward a fresh, compelling, and often inspiring notion of what India is, and what it can do to those who try to lose — or find — themselves there.

Pearse's guide to Elephanta

1884
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Release : 1884
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Book Synopsis Pearse's guide to Elephanta by : Pearse and co, ltd

Download or read book Pearse's guide to Elephanta written by Pearse and co, ltd. This book was released on 1884. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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