TY  - BOOK
AU  - Champakalakshmi,R
TI  - Religion, tradition and ideology : pre-colonial South India 
T2  - Oxford collected essays
SN  - 9780198070597
U1  - 294.5350954 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Hindu temples
KW  - India, South
KW  - History
KW  - Hindu art
KW  - Hindu symbolism
KW  - Buddhist art and symbolism
N1  - 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
ER  -