A thousand-petalled lotus : Jain temples of Rajasthan : architecture & iconography
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A thousand-petalled lotus : Jain temples of Rajasthan : architecture & iconography
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Art : Abhinav Publications, 2001
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Jain temples of Rajasthan
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
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Note
Includes passages in Sanskrit (Sanskrit in Devanagari and roman)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195) and index
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Description
The Jain temples at Dilwara in mount Abu evoke a sense of awe for their sculptural artistry. Unnamed artists who had for years, created exquisite pieces in ivory, now worked with marble. They carried forward a rich tradition of temple building in India. The most outstanding feature of this temples are the thoussand=petalled lotuses that decorate the domes in Rangamandapas. Some 200 kms from the mount Abu, in Ranakpur, the Adishvara temple is an achievement of a different kind. The thousand columns that define its wondrous spaces are all unique as no two are alike. S.Kumar explores the artistic nuances of this temples in the context 0f the rich tradition of temple architecture and iconography in India.
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