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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Udayagiri 2 : in praise of a very important excavation of a buddhist site in Orissa/Adalbert J. Gail. 2. Erotic forms of Ganesa in hindu and buddhist iconography (+ Plates I-III)/Gudrun Buhnemann. 3. Tantric deities in an illustrated dharani manuscript from Nepal (+ Plates IV-XVII)/Gudrun Buhnemann. 4. Iconography of Grahamatrka (+ Plates XVIII-XXIV)/Gerd J.R. Mevissen. 5. A brief introduction to saudhikagama, an unpublished sanskrit text on temple architecture, iconography and town planning from Orissa/Sadananda Das. 6. Towards a computer encoding for Brahmi/Stefan Baums. 7. The ceremony of Tulapurusa : the puranic concept and the epigraphical evidence/Annette Schmiedchen. 8. The memorial stone (Paliya) inscriptions : the cultural heritage of Gujarat, Saurashtra and Kutch/Bharati Shelat. The articles collected in this volume, which were originally presented in the panels on art and Epigraphy at the 12th World Sanskrit Conference in Helsinki, Finland, illustrate the depth, diversity and sophistication of recent studies in these subjects by scholars from several countries. The subjects treated include new archaeological and epigraphic discoveries, the relation between textual and iconographic traditions in both Hindu and Buddhist contexts, the historical and Cultural analysis of inscriptions, and the application of Computer technology to the study of Indian paleography. The essays contained in this Book cover a broad range of topics in terms of chronology, geography and sectarian tradition.…

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paperback. Condition: Sehr gut. Gebraucht - Sehr gut - ungelesen,als Mängelexemplar gekennzeichnet, mit leichten Mängeln an Schnitt oder Einband durch Lager- oder Transportschaden -Die acht Beiträge in Band 26 (2023) behandeln verschiedene Aspekte südasiatischer Kultur. Nach einer vollständigen Publikationsliste des im Jahr 2023 verstorbenen und in Berlin ansässigen Kunsthistorikers und früheren Professors an der FU Berlin, Adalbert J. GAIL, zusammengestellt von Gerd J.R. MEVISSEN (Berlin), präsentiert die indische Indologin Elora TRIBEDY (z. Zt. Rajgir, Indien) in ihrem Beitrag 'From Tribal to Sacred: The Changing Gaze on Godh¿ (Indian Monitor Lizard) in Antiquity' einen Überblick über die Rezeption, Darstellungen sowie Fehleinschätzungen der Eidechsenart Varanus Monitor in verschiedenen indischen Regionen, Literaturen, Sprachen, Kulturen und historischen Zeiten. Der indische Ingenieur und Religionswissenschafter Murali N. Kadiramangalam (Pune, z.Zt. Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indien) begibt sich in seinem Aufsatz 'The Cidambaram Type as the Progenitor of ¿gamic N¿ttam¿rti Forms; the Dating of the Tillai Icon and How Näar¿ja Worship Spread Outwards from Cidambaram' auf die Suche nach dem Ursprung des Nataraja-Kultbildes von Cidambaram. Auch Gerd J.R. MEVISSEN behandelt in seinem Beitrag 'On the Former Location of Some Dislodged Sculptures at Cidambaram, Tamil Nadu' einen Aspekt des südindischen Cidambaram-Tempels. Noor Bano SATTAR (Chandannagar, West Bengal, Indien) präsentiert in 'Chuchura Navagraha S¿rya Image' eine bisher weitgehend unbekannte Darstellung des von Planetengottheiten umgebenen Sonnengottes aus Bengalen. Gerd J.R. MEVISSEN setzt in seinem Beitrag 'Revised Corpus of Jaina Stone Sculptures Bearing Graha Figures, Part II: Eastern India (Odisha/Orissa)' die Aktualisierung seiner früheren, in BIS 13/14 (2000) erschienenen Liste von Darstellungen jinistischer Steinskulpturen mit Planetengottheiten fort, deren erster Teil in BIS 25 (2021) erschienen war. Chandreyi BASU (Canton, NY, USA) rezensiert den ersten Band der Republikation gesammelter Aufsätze der Indologin und Kunsthistorikerin Doris Meth SRINIVASAN, 'Listening to Icons. Vol. I: Indian Iconographic & Iconological Studies. New Delhi, 2016'. Den letzten Beitrag in diesem Band bildet der Nachdruck der von Gerda HARTMANN im Jahre 1932 an der Universität Kiel eingereichten Dissertation 'Beiträge zur Geschichte der Göttin Lak¿m¿', mit einer Einführung von Gerd J.R. MEVISSEN.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 286 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Verzeichnis der Publikationen von A.J. Gail / List of publications 1969-2006EVA ALLINGER: Künstler und Werkstatt am Beispiel des westtibetischen Manuskriptes in Poo/Himachal PradeshGOURISWAR BHATTACHARYA: Vanamala of Vasudeva-Krsna-Visnu and Sankarsana-BalaramaBERNADETTE BRÖSKAMP: A Note on the Dancing HerukaKLAUS BRUHN: Further Observations on Western Indian MiniaturesMAREK BUCHMANN: Burmesische Terrakotta-Platten im Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin. Anmerkungen zur Einordnung der ReliefplattenGUDRUN BÜHNEMANN: The Goddess Harisankari/Jhankesvari, the Composite Form of the Consorts of Visnu and Siva from NepalM.A. DHAKY: Some Decorative Panels of Java's Candi Mendut and Their Indian AntecedentsPARUL PANDYA DHAR: Text, Context and Architectural Practice, with Reference to Entryways in Ancient and Medieval IndiaJULIA A.B. HEGEWALD: Tirthas and Tirthankaras: Water Architecture and the Jaina TempleSHAHNAJ HUSNE JAHAN: Re-examining 'Borobudur Ships' as Evidence of Maritime Contact with South AsiaISABELL JOHNE: A Hariti Bronze in the Bangladesh National MuseumPATRICK F. KRÜGER / TILO LETZ: Ein Bronzesiegel aus Thayakhetaya, MyanmarJOACHIM KÜHN: König Salomo in den Miniaturen Shah JahansMALLICA KUMBERA LANDRUS: Portuguese Goa - Taking Ownership with ArchitectureSTEPHEN MARKEL: From Orissa to Madurai: Reattributions for a Group of Indian Ivory Sculptures in the Los Angeles County Museum of ArtMICHAEL W. MEISTER: Obscure Objects of DesireGUDRUN MELZER: Ein unerkannter Andhakari am jagamohana des Varahi-Tempels in Caurasi. Einige Beobachtungen zum BildprogrammGERD J.R. MEVISSEN: A Dated Pancaraksa torana from the Harati Temple, Svayambhunath (Nepal), and Related MattersU.S. MOORTI: Genealogical History of the Nayakas of Gingi (Senji), South India, and Their Patronage to Art and Architecture (c. A.D. 1506-1671)R. NAGASWAMY: The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple at Khajuraho: A Temple of the Bhairava Saiva SchoolMARLENE NJAMMASCH: Ein devakula der Taradevi im vihara des MinistersS.B. OTA: Excavations at Rajpat (1998-2000): The Ancient Capital of the Kamtapur Kingdom in Northeast IndiaPRATAPADITYA PAL: Two Sinhalese Bronze Bodhisattva Images in the Norton Simon MuseumANNA MARIA QUAGLIOTTI: A Buddha Head from AfghanistanVOLKER RITTER: 'Capriccio indien' - Thomas Daniells 'Composition. Hindu and Muslim Architecture' (1799). Zu einer britischen Variante des architektonischen CapriccioKERSTIN SCHABER: Die Geschichte vom klugen Affen und dem Krokodil: Vergleich der bildlichen Darstellungen und ihrer literarischen Überlieferung in IndienDIETER SCHLINGLOFF: Das Schema der Stadt in den narrativen AjantamalereienJOHANNES SCHNEIDER: Weitere Bhagavadgita-Zitate aus dem tibetischen Tanjur MARTINA STOYE: 'Maya Anadyomene' - die schöne Sakya-Fürstin beim Bade. Zum Import einer etablierten Bildformel in ein erzählendes Relief aus Amaravati (Südindien)FRIEDERIKE WEIS: Die Salus Populi Romani in Miniaturen der MoghulzeitCORINNA WESSELS-MEVISSEN: Naravyala - Purusamrga - Sphinx. Preliminary Observations on an Iconographic Cluster in South & Southeast AsiaTIANSHU ZHU: In the Thousand-fold World System. A Note on the Images of the Buddha's MultiplicationMONIKA ZIN: The Story of the Conversion of Nanda in BorobudurMitarbeiter / Contributors.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Berliner Indologische Studien, Band 20 | Klaus Bruhn (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 320 S. | Deutsch | 2012 | Weidler | EAN 9783896935731 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Frank & Timme GmbH, Wittelsbacherstr. 27a, 10707 Berlin, info[at]frank-timme[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. Contents Preface. I. Archaeology 1. Kunor the village of Potters an Archaeo ethnological study/Mandira Bhattacharya. 2. Subsistence strategies of the Chalcolithic people of Bengal a case study/Asok Datta. 3. A unique Burial System of the Ahoms/S. Jamal Hasan. 4. History of Cattagrama Port/Shahnaj Husne Jahan. 5. Wari Bateshwar and Archaeology of Bangladesh/Abu Imam. 6. A preliminary study on Amulets and Pendants found at Wari Bateshwar Bangladesh/Shah Sufi Mostafizur Rahman. 7. Buddhist Relics and Relic Caskets an Archaeological study/Mallar Mitra. 8. Pre Muslim Terracotta Ringwell excavated remains from Mahasthangarh/Nasir Uddin Mobin. II. Art and iconography 9. Representation of the twenty eight Buddhas of former Aeons at Bagan/Eva Allinger. 10. The Hidden God some remarks on Yama and the protectors of the sacred space in Buddhist Art/Claudine Bautze Picron. 11. A unique Jaina Ayagapatta from lower Bengal/Sudipa Bandyopadhyay. 12. Vasudeva Visnu Images from Bengal development and innovation is lotus an essential attribute/Gouriswar Bhattacharya. 13. Mughal paintings in the Freer Art Gallery Washington/Ziyaud Din A. Desai. 14. On the semiotic function of trees in early Indian Art/Adalbert J. Gail. 15. Transmigration of legends between India and the Hellenistic world two cases/Suchandra Ghosh. 16. Saree proud heritage of the women of South Asia/Zulekha Haque. 17. Meru Samavasarana and Simhasana the recurrence of three Tiered Structures in Jaina Cosmology mythology and ritual/Julia A.B. Hegewal. 18. Representations of Hariti in Bihar Bengal/Isabell Johne. 19. An attempt at the dating of Shah Ji Ki Dheri Casket/Sarita Khettry. 20. Images of Buddhist Goddesses accompanied by Astral deities/Gerd J.R. Mevissen. 21. On the importance of the Dharmakosa Samgraha a little known text on Buddhist iconography/Shyam Chand Mukherji. 22. A Pala period Peacock Jataka Panel in the Norton Simon Museum/Pratapaditya Pal. 23. Cultural context in Indian Art an introspection/R.C. Sharma. 24. Deccani Ceiling Panels showing Astadikpalas and Natesa an analysis/Corinna Wessels Mevissen. 25. The Indo Portuguese quilt and its influence on the Nakshi Kantha/Niaz Zaman. III. Architecture 26. Hammams of the Mughal Period in Bangladesh/Nazimuddin Ahmed. 27. Madrasah Architecture in Sultanate Bengal/Khoundkar Alamgir. 28. Unpublished views of Dhaka (Dacca) by Sir Charles D'Oyly 7 Baronet/Joachim K. Bautze. 29. The Shmashana Temples of Joydevpur in the Ghazipur District/Nazly Chowdhury. 30. Some important aspects of Manarah/Muhammad Abdul Qadir. IV. Epigraphy and numismatics 31. Two undeciphered inscriptions of Varendra an appraisal/A.K.M. Yaqub Ali. 32. Re editing the Junwani copper plate inscription of Mahasivagupta Balarjuna Regnal Year 57/Susmita Basu Majumdar. 33. In search of silver Southeast Asian sources for the coinage of Bengal/Pranab K. Chattopadhyay. 34. An ornamented Brahmi inscription/B.N. Mukherjee. 35. Madhipur Hoard of copper punch marked coins in the Indian Museum Calcutta/Dolly Mukherjee. 36. Some observations on the Ashrafpur plates of Devakhadga/Sayantani Pal. 37. Silver coins of the Bengal Sultans designs and Artistic Motifs (13 16 century)/Sutapa Sinha. 38. Nadiabhanga copper plate charter of the time of Prthivivigraha bhattaraka year 253/Snigdha Tripathy. V. Religion 39. A note on the Term Smarta and the Smarta Tradition/Gudrun Buhnemann. 40. Ganga Kula Tilaka/R. Nagaswamy. Kalhar Studies in Art Iconography Architecture and Archaeology of India and Bangladesh is a collection of forty research papers in honour of Prof. Enamul Haque founder and formerly Director General of the Bangladesh National Museum and Director of the International Centre for study of Bengal Art at Dhaka Bangladesh. These papers are contributed by eminent scholars from India and abroad who acknowledge him as an international scholar and admire him in the scholarly world. These articles with notes references and bibliography are well illustrated and are grouped into fi. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Berliner Indologische Studien, Band 23 | Gerd J. R. Mevissen (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 294 S. | Deutsch | 2017 | Weidler | EAN 9783896936745 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Frank & Timme GmbH, Wittelsbacherstr. 27a, 10707 Berlin, info[at]frank-timme[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Berliner Indologische Studien, Band 25 | Gerd J. R. Mevissen | Taschenbuch | Berliner Indologische Studien, Band 25 | 310 S. | Englisch | 2021 | Weidler bei Frank & Timme | EAN 9783896937711 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Frank & Timme GmbH, Wittelsbacherstr. 27a, 10707 Berlin, info[at]frank-timme[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Berliner Indologische Studien, Band 24 | Gerd J. R. Mevissen | Taschenbuch | 304 S. | Deutsch | 2019 | Weidler | EAN 9783896937407 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Frank & Timme GmbH, Wittelsbacherstr. 27a, 10707 Berlin, info[at]frank-timme[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Berliner Indologische Studien / Berlin Indological Studies | Band 26 | Gerd J. R. Mevissen | Taschenbuch | GERD J.R. MEVISSEN (comp.): Publications by Adalbert J. GAIL (* 11 August | Englisch | 2023 | Weidler bei Frank & Timme | EAN 9783896937957 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Frank & Timme GmbH, Wittelsbacherstr. 27a, 10707 Berlin, info[at]frank-timme[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: I. Architectural Styles, Modes, Materials and Milieus: 1. The development of the Vihara Shrine from Bagh to Ajanta/Walter M. Spink. 2. From Sikhara to Sekhari: building from the ground up/Michael W. Meister. 3. The early temples of Campa, Vietnam: shaping an architectural language/Parul Pandya Dhar. 4. Brick infill: little known brick temples of the Pratihara period/Adam Hardy. 5. Reconsidering Kadwaha's temples: history, chronology and patronage/Tamara I. Sears. 6. The Rehmana-prasada abroad: Masjid-i Sangi of Larwand (Afghanistan)/Alka Patel. 7. Manufacturing tradition: Rajput temples in the Mughal and Post-Mughal Era/Catherine B. Asher. 8. Ahilyabai's monuments at Maheshwar/Frederick Asher. II. Architectural Elements: 9. A note on the ceiling designs in the temples of Northern Karnataka, with special emphasis on the lotus blossom motif/Corinna Wessels-Mevissen. 10. Composite pillars with three-dimensional sculptures in the outer Mandapa of the Atmanatha temple, Avudayarkoil/Anila Verghese. 11. The Dipa-stambhas of Goa's temples: Deccan sultanate influence on coastal Hindu architecture/George Michell. 12. Lesser known spiral wells of Gujarat/Snehal Shah. III. Architecture and the Configuration of Imagery: 13. Three royal temple foundations in South India: Tripurantaka imagery as a statement of political power/Gerd J.R. Mevissen. 14. Aundha Naganatha Temple, Paradigm shift in imagery: Jnana Marga to Bhakti Marga/Kumud Kanitkar. 15. A new type of 'Devapatta' and a few other Vaisnava icons from the Visnu temple, Mandhata/Jurgen Neuss. 16. Ramayana Reliefs in the Cintala Venkataramaba, Tadapatri/Anna L. Dallapiccola. IV. Embodying the Deity: 17. Sri Laksmi in oral tradition and art/Arvind P. Jamkhedkar. 18. Laksmi on the lion/Doris Meth Srinivasan. 19. Reattribution of an important early Indian Buddha image in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art/Stephen Markel. 20. A unique sculptural panel from Kanheri Cave/Suraj A. Pandit. 21. Some Sesasayi Visnu sculptures from Southeast Asia/Ratan Parimoo. 22. Vatapatrasayi: lord of the banyan leaf in temple sculpture/Devangana Desai. 23. Hindu deities without temples, but with architectural association: an enigmatic situation/Gouriswar Bhattacharya. 24. Sculptural treasures in the temples and lanes of Varanasi/Kamal Giri. V. Inhabiting the Temple: 25. A Rare gilt bronze of a divine couple from Nepal: A case of mistaken identity/Pratapaditya Pal. 26.Lead, kindly light: a preliminary study of a sculpture of a lamp bearer from the Jageshwar valley/Nachiket Chanchani. 27. Beauty and the beast: disrobing the female figure/Thomas E. Donaldson. 28. The case of the Contraband Cargo, or, Atru's amorous couples/Kirit L. Mankodi. VI. Piety, Society and Ritual Performance: 29. Nisidhis: Jaina Memorial Monuments/S. Settar. 30. Some vital socio-cultural dimensions of Jaina art/Maruti Nandan Pd. Tiwari and Shanti Swaroop Sinha. 31. Theatre and temple: Ranganatha and Rangamandapa in South and Southeast Asia/Adalbert J. Gail. 32. Embroidered temples: locating Kantha in Bengali devotional practice/Pika Ghosh. This volume is a tribute to Professor M.A. Dhaky's profound and influential scholarship by an international community of well-known scholars in the field of South and Southeast Asian temple art and architecture. The thirty-two essays that make this book unfold many layers of the temples' imagery, taking a broad view and traversing religious, cultural, and temporal boundaries. While a majority of these are rooted in India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal, Cambodia and Vietnam also figure prominently. Preceded by valuable insights into M.A. Dhaky's encyclopaedic writings, the volume is configured along six sub-themes inspired by his contributions to the discipline. These include the architectonics of temples, their varied materials and milieus, stylistics, patronage and trans regional connections; studies of architectural elements in culture-specific contexts; inter-relationships between. …