02982cam a2200397 a 4500 16863681 BD-DhUL 20161123181031.0 110711s2011 ii abf b 000 0 eng d 2011311087 9780198070597 0198070594 I-E-2011-311087; 56-92 (OCoLC)ocn696100358 (OCoLC)696100358 Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office BTCTA eng BTCTA YDXCP SACAT DKAGE DLC BD-DhUL lccopycat lcode a-ii--- BL1243.76.S68 C43 2011 294.5350954 22 CHR Champakalakshmi, R. (Radha), 1932- Religion, tradition, and ideology : pre-colonial South India / R. Chamakalakshmi. Pre-colonial South India New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011. xx, 643 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm. Oxford collected essays Includes bibliographical references. The making of religious tradition : perspectives from pre-colonial south India -- Section 1: Purāṇic religion, bhakti, and religious traditions. From devotion and dissent to dominance : the bhakti of the Tamil Āl̤vārs and Nāyanārs -- Purāṇic religion and the evolution of the Tamil Śaiva tradition -- Śankara and purāṇic religion -- Vaiṣṇava concepts in early Tamil Nadu -- The sacred geography of the Murukan cult -- Section 2: Religion, canon and community. Patikam pāṭuvār : ritual singing as a means of communication in early medieval south India -- Caste and community : oscillating identities in pre-modern south India -- The maṭha : monachism as the base of a parallel authority structure -- Section III: Counter traditions : the śramaṇas. Buddhism in South India : patterns of patronage -- Jainism in Tamil Nadu : a historical overview -- Jainism in Andhra and Karnataka -- The bhakti movement and religious conflict in early medieval Tamil̤akam -- Section IV: Temple as symbol and metaphor. Symbol and metaphor : Temple architecture and iconography in south India -- Iconographic programme and political imagery in early medieval Tamil̤akam : The Rājasimheśvara and the Rājarājeśvara -- Bhāgavata scenes in Pallava and Cōḷa sculptures -- Tañjāvūr, the ceremonial city of the Cōḷas -- The Drāviḍa style of architecture : a historical perspective -- Section V: Ideology and sovereignty. The sovereignty of the divine : the Vaiṣṇava pantheon and temporal power in south India -- Ideology and the state in south India. Hindu temples India, South History. Hindu art India, South. Hindu symbolism. Buddhist art and symbolism India, South. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1203/2011311087-d.html ddc BK 128839 128839 0 0 ddc 0 294_500000000000000_SIG 0 NFIC 240944 DUL DUL GEN 2016-11-23 Purchased 294.5 SIG 462691 2016-11-23 3 2016-11-23 BK 0 0 ddc 0 294_535095400000000_CHR 0 NFIC 242355 DUL DUL GEN 2016-11-23 Purchased 294.5350954 CHR 479949 2016-11-23 2 2016-11-23 BK 0 0 ddc 0 294_535095400000000_CHR 0 NFIC 242357 DUL DUL GEN 2016-11-23 Purchased 294.5350954 CHR 479950 2016-11-23 3 2016-11-23 BK