Religion, tradition, and ideology : pre-colonial South India / R. Chamakalakshmi.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Oxford collected essaysPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xx, 643 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780198070597
- 0198070594
- Pre-colonial South India
- 294.535 22 CHA
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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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- The sovereignty of the divine : the Vaiṣṇava pantheon and temporal power in south India -- Ideology and the state in south India. Section 1: Purāṇic religion, bhakti, and religious traditions.
Section 2: Religion, canon and community.
Section III: Counter traditions : the śramaṇas.
Section IV: Temple as symbol and metaphor.
Section V: Ideology and sovereignty.
Includes bibliographical references.
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