History of the Pallavas of Kanchi by R. Gopalan
History of the Pallavas of Kanchi by R. Gopalan

Author: R Gopalan

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781014007742

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History of the Pallavas of KANCHI
History of the Pallavas of KANCHI

Author: R. Gopalan

Publisher:

Published: 2021-07

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9789390063178

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1. Introduction2. Introductory, History of Previous research and sources of history for the Pallavas3. Theories of the Origin of the Pallavas Pre-Pallava History of Kanchipura4. Early Pallavas of the Prakrit Records5. Early Pallavas of the Sanskrit Records6. Contemporary Political Powers. The Salankayanas, Kadambas etc7. The Pallava Ascendency- The Dynasty of Simhavishnu' The Reign of Simhavishnu and Mahendravarman8. Narasimhavarman I (Mahamalla) To Raja Simha9. Dynastic Revolution Hiranyavarman and his successor Nandivarman Pallava Malla10. Successors of Pallavamalla11. General considerations of Pallava Rule in South India

Kanchipuram
Kanchipuram

Author: P.V.L. Narasimha Rao

Publisher: Readworthy

Published:

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9350181045

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This is a heritage book which takes readers on a spiritual voyage of legends, mythology, saints, temples and dynasties. It presents vignettes of India’s rich cultural background. As one of the seven mokshapuris (centers of salvation) and the nerve-centre of vedic schools, Kanchipuram has always been a role model. Adi Sankaracharya, brought religious renaissance in the country by providing a new meaning to sanatana dharma. He established the KanchiKamakotipeetham which continues to be a center of learning and devotion. The town is credited with having around one thousand temples at one time. While Pallava rulers built most of these temples, these were extensively renovated later by Cholan and Vijayanagara kings. Exhaustive Annexures about the various rules and dynasties are also provided. The book is amply illustrated with maps and photographs, which will be of great interest to general readers and to tourists and pilgrims in particular.

Sri Varadarajaswami Temple, Kanchi: A Study of Its History, Art and Architecture
Sri Varadarajaswami Temple, Kanchi: A Study of Its History, Art and Architecture

Author: K.V. Raman

Publisher: Abhinav Publications

Published: 2003-06

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9788170170266

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Kanchi, the ancient capital city of the South, teems with historic temples of great beauty and grandeur. The magnificent temple of Lord Varadaraja, situated in Vishnu-Kanchi, has played a remarkable part in fostering the growth of Sri-Vaishnavism and has justly been ranked with the famous temples of Srirangam and Tirupati as the holiest of the holies. This is the first comprehensive and illustrated treatise on this hoary temple, focusing attention of the various aspects like the origin and the growth of the temple, critical review of the temple traditions, the role of the temple in the growth of Sri-Vaishnavism, the association of the acharyas like Ramanuja with the temple, besides the pivotal role the temple has played in the social and cultural life of the community. The vast literature that has grown round the temple and the five hundred and odd inscriptions that crowd the wall-spaces of the shrines provide a sumptuous source material for this study. One of the largest temple complexes of South India, the temple presents interesting variety of architectural and sculptural styles of different schools. The temple is particularly rich in Vaishnava iconography. The book provides a detailed study and interpretation of these features with the help of hitherto unpublished photographs and drawings. The book also brings to light the presence of fine paintings of the Vijayanagar times that are found in the dark cloister around the sanctum. The book is a distinct contribution to the field of historical and architectural studies of ancient Indian temples.

Companion Studies to the History of Tamil Literature
Companion Studies to the History of Tamil Literature

Author: K.V. Zvelebil

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-12-06

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 9004493026

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There is a number of problems connected with the study and teaching of any Oriental literature in general and of Tamil literature specifically which have to date been mostly ignored, although they are indispensable for solid knowledge and correct interpretation and understanding of the literature in question. These include problems of authenticity and authorship, of transmission and tradition, writing tools and materials, of relationship of orality to literacy, of Sanskrit to Tamil, the prehistory of Tamil written literature, the numerous texts that have been lost, scholarly lineages and the rediscovery of ancient Tamil literature etc. The book deals with all these problems as well as with some specific Tamil cultural phenomena such as the concept of "threefold Tamil" or the relationship of literature ('marked') to grammar ('marker'), with the derivation of the term "Tamil" and with the history of Tamil literary historiography. It will be indispensable as an introduction to the study of the more than 2000 years of Tamil literary history. By addressing questions which have thus far been almost completely neglected, it has also decisive impact on the interpretative comprehension of Tamil literature and on the teaching of this very rich heritage of verbal art.

The Body of God
The Body of God

Author: D Dennis Hudson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-09-25

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 0190451408

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This book is the crowning achievement of the remarkable scholar D. Dennis Hudson, bringing together the results of a lifetime of interdisciplinary study of south Indian Hinduism. The book is a finely detailed examination of a virtually unstudied Tamil Hindu temple, the Vaikuntha Perumal (ca. 770 C.E.). Hudson offers a sustained reading of the temple as a coherent, organized, minutely conceptualized mandala. Its iconography and structure can be understood in the light of a ten-stanza poem by the Alvar poet Tirumangai, and of the Bhagavata Purana and other major religious texts, even as it in turn illuminates the meanings of those texts. Hudson takes the reader step by step on a tour of the temple, telling the stories suggested by each of the 56 sculpted panels and showing how their relationship to one another brings out layers of meaning. He correlates the stories with stages in the spiritual growth of the king through the complex rituals that formed a crucial dimension of the religion. The result is a tapestry of interpretation that brings to life the richness of spiritual understanding embodied in the temple. Hudson's underlying assumption is that the temple itself constitutes a summa theologica for the Pancharatra doctrines in the Bhagavata tradition centered on Krishna as it had developed through the eighth century. This tradition was already ancient and had spread widely across South Asia and into Southeast Asia. By interweaving history with artistic, liturgical, and textual interpretation, Hudson makes a remarkable contribution to our understanding of an Indian religious and cultural tradition.