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995656
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b750026
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Hudson, D. Dennis.
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The body of God : : an emperor's palace for Krishna in eighth-century Kanchipuram /\ D. Dennis Hudson ; edited by Margaret H. Case.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford Univ. Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xxiii, 660 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0199709025
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: 9780199709021
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019536922X
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9780195369229
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-640) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction. The Discovery -- pt. I. The Approach to the Vishnu-house -- 1. The Significance of the Temple -- 2. Six Concepts -- 3. The Poem -- 4. The Emperor's Career Portrayed on the Prakara Wall -- pt. II. The Secret Dimension of the Vishnu-house -- 5. The Temple Mandala and the Bottom-floor Sanctum -- 6. The Middle-floor Sanctum: The Sculpted Program of the Northern Path -- 7. Northern Panels of the Northern Path: Transforming Power -- 8. Northern Panels of the Northern Path: Fortifying Omniscience -- 9. The Middle-Floor Sanctum: The Sculpted Program of the Southern Path -- 10. The Southern Panels of the Southern Path: "The Path of the Southern Doctrine" -- pt. III. The Public Dimension of the Vishnu-house -- Introduction. Spacetime and Its Display -- 11. The Vimana Panels on the Western Side -- 12. The Panels on the Ardhamandapa or Porch -- 13. The Vimana Panels on the Northern Side -- 14. The Vimana Panels on the Eastern Side.
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15. The Vimana Panels on the Southern Side -- App. 1. Who Are the Bhagavatas? -- App. 2. Vasudeva's Path in the Satvata-samhita -- App. 3. Prithu, the People's Indra -- App. 4. Mantras in the Jayakhya-samhita -- App. 5. Periya Tirumoli 2.9.
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| Abstract
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Although Hudson died without completing 'The Body of God', the work has been edited and brought to fruition by Margaret Case. The book is a detailed study of a renowned Tamil Hindu temple, the Vaikuntha Perumal (ca. 770 CE). Hudson uses this temple as an illustration of a major current and historical stage in South Indian Vaisnava religion.
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Krishna-- Cult.
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Nandivarman, II,active 732-796-- Religion.
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Krishna
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Nandivarman, II,active 732-796.
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Vaikuntha Perumal (Kānchipuram, India)
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Vaikuntha Perumal (Kānchipuram, India)
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Vaishnavism-- India-- Kānchipuram Region-- History.
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Cults.
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RELIGION-- Hinduism-- General.
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Religion.
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Vaishnavism.
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| Dewey Classification
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294.5/35095482
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| LC Classification
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BL1243.76.K3562V355 2008eb
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| Added Entry
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Case, Margaret H.
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