Religion in India: A Historical Introduction

Aesthetics and the arts of India Bhavani, E. The Dance in India. Bombay: Taraporavela & Sons, 1965. Blurton, Richard T. Hind ...

Timeline of Chapter 4 Cultural/political events Religious events BCE 400 c. 350 Pa ̄n.ini and Late 4th Early portions of Artha ̄ ...

5 The Post-classical Period South India Bhakti The emergence of temples The Co ̄l ̄ as Deities as reflections of cultural histor ...

centuries. We shall use the term “Hindu” regularly from now on in our discussion even though the term is not indigenous. It was ...

The worldview of this early poetry was chthonic – rooted in the earth. Little, if any, metaphysical speculation occurred. Elepha ...

Bhakti Two distinct but related phenomena demonstrated the “Hinduization” that occurred from the sixth to the ninth centuries CE ...

with blessings from the eight quarters, he broke through the egg-shell of heaven, making the waters bubble; giant head and giant ...

Ma ̄n.ikkava ̄cakar, a S ́aiva poet, only later accepted as one of the classical Nayan ̄ marpoets and variously dated between th ...

Thebhaktiexperience as articulated by these singers reflected several patterns at once: first, they used the images of early Tam ...

These were followed by temples constructed “from scratch,” such as the carved shore temple at Maha ̄balipuram or those at Ka ̄ñc ...

were made part of the royal cultus, the goddess thus serving as the consort of S ́iva. Under the Co ̄l ̄ as, iconography, especi ...

Similarly, each day, in fully brahmanized temples, the deity embodied in its icon would be awakened, brought to full empowerment ...

It is worth noting that the written records, whether they were ritual manuals or stories of temple sites, owed not a little to “ ...

among others, descriptions of water libations, the use of earthen vessels, and the use of various natural phenomena in worship l ...

The Post-classical Period 99 Figure 3Gopura at Bhramarambha Mallikarjuna Temple in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh – Srisailam is the ...

“rebels” were the Vı ̄ras ́aivas, found in the hills of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. While probably rooted in forms of “folk” r ...

as a mount for kings in battle or in royal displays). Whatever the origins, Ganes.a was depicted iconographically by at least th ...

Philosophical developments South India was the arena in which significant philosophical and theological reflection occurred. The ...

three in number: egocentricity (a ̄n.ava) – this was the orientation of one’s life by selfishness and the will to have one’s own ...

aniconic and formless or iconic – that is, manifested in specific forms. Hence, most agreed that specific deities were manifesta ...