Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. Contents Vol. I. Visnu Preface. 1. Sources. 2. Religio political backdrop and architectural setting. 3. Iconographical Survey. 4. Classification and analysis. 5. Reflections on social life and aesthetic trends. Annexures 1. Vaisnava iconography of early medieval South India a quantitative analysis. 2. Sacred geography of the Vaisnava mystics. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Vol. II. Siva Preface. Introduction. 1. Sources. 2. Iconographical survey upper Deccan. 3. Iconographical survey lower Deccan and the Krsna Delta. 4. Iconographical survey the far south. 5. Classification and analysis. 6. Reflections on social life and aesthetic trends. Conclusions. Annexures 1. Sacred geography of the Tevaram hymnists. 2. Sivasahasranama an analysis of the epithets. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Vol. III. Sakti Goddesses Preface. 1. Sources. 2. Iconographical survey upper Deccan. 3. Iconographical survey lower Deccan and the Krsna Delta. 4. Iconographical survey the far south. 5. Classification and analysis. 6. Reflections on social life and aesthetic trends. Conclusion. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Vol. IV. I. Ganpati and Skanda Murukan Preface. 1. Sources. 2. Iconographical survey upper Deccan. 3. Iconographical survey lower Deccan and the Krsna Delta. 4. Iconographical survey the far south. 5. Classification and analysis. 6. Reflections on social life and aesthetic trends. Conclusion. Annexures 1. Vatapi Ganapati. 2. Recent finds. 3. Mini masterpieces of aihole. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. II. Brahma and Other Deities Preface. 1. Sources. 2. Iconographical survey upper Deccan. 3. Iconographical survey lower Deccan and the Krsna Delta. 4. Iconographical survey the far south. 5. Classification and analysis. 6. Reflections on social life and aesthetic trends. Conclusion. Epilogue a tailpiece to the four volume series. Glossary. Bibliography. Consolidated bibliography. Index. The Volume One contains the results of the author in literature and the field. Monuments of the early medieval period all over South India was visited and the literature in Tamil and Sanskrit consulted. Being the first in a series of four volumes it has a chapter on religion and political background. The results of the monuments surveyed in the field and presented in the third chapter under the subheads Upper Deccan Lower Deccan and Far South. However the most important part of the monograph is the investigation of Tamil sources that is a much neglected aspect in Indian art historical research. In the present volume the Tamil quota of thought embodied in the Nalayiram is examined. There are two annexure of which one was a paper presented in the Banares Hindu University. The other is an analysis of the Vaisnava divyaksetras as listed in the Nalayiram. In volume II the first chapter presents an examination of the sources in Tamil literature especially the hymns of the bhakti savants the Nayanmar particularly the Tevaram. There are not less than 8000 hymns under vast corpus the examination of which has inspired western scholars (e.g. Ellen Goldberg of the Queen's University Ontario) to pay attention to the Tamil sources in the investigation of an Indian iconographic theme such as Ardhanarisvara. The II IV chapters examine the Saiva iconographical themes as they are present in the Upper Deccan Lower Deccan and far south. The other chapters attempt an analytical study of the distribution pattern of the iconographical themes and their aesthetic value. A recent article published in the Acta Orientalia deals with the origin and distribution pattern of Lingodbhavamurti basing on the methodology followed in the present monograph. In volume III the first chapter presents an account of sources in both Tamil and Sanskrit. The Tamil sources examined are those of the Cankam classics and the pre Pallava Cilappatikaram and Manimekalai. In addition to the Devimahatmyam some liturgical works (e.g. Lalitasahasranama) and the Mattavilasaprahasana are examined. The results of these sou. Seller Inventory # 59793

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