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Sculpture, Hindu--India--Elephanta Island, Sculpture--India--Elephanta Island, Relief (Sculpture)--India--Elephanta Island, Siva (Hindu deity)--Art, Siva (Hindu deity)--Cult, Sivaism in art.
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1988
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NB1007.E43C64 1988eb
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732/.44/792
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Sculpture, Hindu--India--Elephanta Island, Sculpture--India--Elephanta Island, Relief (Sculpture)--India--Elephanta Island, Siva (Hindu deity)--Art, Siva (Hindu deity)--Cult, Sivaism in art.
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The Iconography and Ritual of Siva* at Elephanta
Charles Dillard Collins
State University of New York Press
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1988 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Collins, Charles Dillard, 1942 The iconography and ritual of Siva* at Elephanta / Charles Dillard Collins. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-88706-773-5. ISBN 0-88706-774-3 (pbk.) 1. Sculpture, HinduIndiaElephanta Island. 2. Sculpture IndiaElephanta Island. 3. Relief (Sculpture)IndiaElephanta Island. 4. Siva (Hindu deity)Art. 5. Siva (Hindu deity)Cult. 6. Sivaism in art. I. Title. NB1007.E43C64 1988 732 ' .44 '792dc19 87-27975 CIP
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To Somsri and Vasanta
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Contents
List of Figures
ix
Acknowledgments
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Map
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Introduction
1
I. Historical Background of Elephanta
4
Before and After the Kalacuris
5
The Kalacuris
9
II. Previous Descriptions of Elephanta and Its Sculptures
16
Early Descriptions to ca. A.D. 1800
16
Nineteenth-Century Descriptions of Elephanta
20
Modern Scholarship on Elephanta
25
III. Mythological Sources for the Elephanta Sculptures
31
Vedic Antecedents
32
The Epic Literature
34
The Puranic* Literature
35
Secular Literature
39
IV. Iconographical Analysis of the Elephanta Sculptures
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