Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram)

Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram) PDF

Author: Irā Nākacāmi

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13:

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MAHABALIPURAM became a world heritage site in 1984. This group of monuments (mostly sanctuaries), founded by the Pallava kings, is carved out of rock along the Coromandel coast in the 7th and 8th centuries. It is known especially for its rathas (temples in the form of chariots), mandapas (cave sanctuaries), giant open-air reliefs such as the famous 'Descent of the Ganges', and the temple of Rivage, with thousands of sculptures to the glory of Shiva.

The Archers Revenge

The Archers Revenge PDF

Author: Destination Infinity

Publisher: Rajesh Kollu

Published: 2014-10-30

Total Pages: 137

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Aryan's father is killed by a powerful Minister. No one, including the Police, is ready to help him get justice for the death of his father. Can the Minister be allowed to get away with a murder just because he is powerful? What can a mere unarmed individual do? But Aryan is not totally unarmed - he has been training to get an Olympic medal in Archery. Can one man with bows and arrows bring a powerful Minister, protected by the Police, down to his knees? Can archery win against guns and might? Set in contemporary India but written for International readers, this tale is bound to change your perspectives about a number of things in life: Underdogs are not always underdogs. Friends are not always friends. Destiny doesn't always favor a select few.

The Dharmarāja Ratha & Its Sculptures, Mahābalipuram

The Dharmarāja Ratha & Its Sculptures, Mahābalipuram PDF

Author: Kuthur Ramakrishna Srinivasan

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

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This Publication For The First Time Is A Full Account Of The Dharmaraja Ratha, The Largest And Mostversatile Of The Famous Monolithic Vimanas Of Pallava Origin In Mahaballpuram. With Its Full Descriptive Text And Illustrations Of All The Sculptures, Most Of Them Hitherto Unpulished, And Including All The Architectural Views, Too, It Is A Complete And Fully Illustrated Treatise On The Monument From The Points Of View Of Technique, Architecture, Sculpture, Iconography, Epigraphy And Chronology. It Is The Outcome Of The Patient And Critical Study Of A Scholar With Many Years Service And Experience In The Archaeological Survey Of India, Particularly In The Architectural And Iconographic Survey Of Temples, Which Made Him The Organizer And The First Officer In Charge Of The Temple Survey Project (South). As A Close And Integrated Study Of A Typical Pallavamonument And With Its Ample Photographic Illustrations The Book In Openingup Newvistas Altogether Is Expected To Stimulate Interest And Further Research In The Field Of Indian Architecture And Sculpture, Particularly South Indian.

The Unfinished

The Unfinished PDF

Author: Vidya Dehejia

Publisher: Roli Books

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789351941149

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The sheer number of unfinished stone monuments in India is staggering and examples appear at some of India's most famous and well-studied sites that include rock-cut Ellora, Ajanta, and Mamallapuram. Unfinished work also appears on built temples celebrated for the intricacy of their sculpted decoration, such as those in Hoysala kingdom or in Orissa. This detailed study provides an overall coverage of India's unfinished work while addressing a range of issues related to stone-carving by examining a select number of monuments at specific sites. Instead of focusing on a site in its entirety, the study here focuses on specific issues of consequence in the context of unfinished work, as they gain an added weight and significance through discovery of their repetitive occurrence at site after site. At the heart of this book are the many varieties of unfinished stone carving that merit close observation to see what is there and what is not, and to appreciate that all the finished work has been through these various stages of being unfinished before reaching completion.

Design and Rhetoric in a Sanskrit Court Epic

Design and Rhetoric in a Sanskrit Court Epic PDF

Author: Indira Viswanathan Peterson

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 0791487415

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Indira Viswanathan Peterson provides an introduction to the Sanskrit court epic (mahākāvya), an important genre in classical Indian poetry, and the first study of a celebrated sixth-century poem, the Kirātārjunīya (Arjuna and the Hunter) of Bhāravi. Sanskrit court epics are shown to be characterized both by formalism and a deep engagement with enduring Indian values. The Kirātārjunīya is the earliest literary treatment of the narrative of the Pandava hero Arjuna's combat with the great god Śiva, a seminal episode in the war epic Mahābhārata. Through a close analysis of the structural strategies of Bhāravi's poem, the author illuminates the aesthetic of the mahākāvya genre. Peterson demonstrates that the classical poet uses figurative language, rhetorical devices, and structural design as the primary instruments for advancing his argument, the reconciliation of heroic action, ascetic self-control, social duty, and devotion to God. Her discussion of the Kirātārjunīya in relation to its historical setting and to renderings of this epic episode in literary texts and temple sculpture of later periods reveals the existence of complex transactions in Indian civilization between the discourses of heroic epic and court poetry, political ideologies and devotional religion, Sanskrit and the regional languages, and classical and folk traditions. Selections from the Kirātārjunīya are presented in poetic translation.

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