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Sectarianism in Medieval India
Saiva, Vaisnava, and Syncretistic Temple Architecture in Karnataka
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Sectarianism in Medieval India
Saiva, Vaisnava, and Syncretistic Temple Architecture in Karnataka
About this book
The research for this book was motivated by speculations about the religious movements that may have influenced the plans and arrangements of temples built by the Hoysa?as of Karnataka in the period between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It investigates the causes for the accelerated pace of these constructions; enquires about what served as catalysts for the incorporation of multiple shrines within structures; examines the factors that gave momentum to the sanctification of a variety of deities within them; and studies the characteristics of their style as it was manifested in the temples they commissioned. Thought the finest of these are in the Imperial Hoysa?a Style (in either the Ha?ebi? or Koravañgala types), all of the architectural output does not necessarily fall into these categories, some displaying a plurality of characteristics from earlier regional idioms. However, the differences between the two are revealing as they serve to highlight the really ground breaking innovations introduced by the Hoysa?as.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- List of Plans and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One. History of the Hoysaḷas of Karnataka
- Chapter Two. Hoysaḷa Temples: Vaiṣṇavism, Śaivism, and Syncretism
- Chapter Three. Vaiṣṇavism and Sri Vaiṣṇava Temples
- Chapter Four. Śaiva Sects, Vīraśaivism, and Śiva Temples
- Chapter Five. Syncretism and Syncretistic Temples
- Chapter Six. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Author