Himmelskörper aus Stein
An edition of Himmelskörper aus Stein (1999)
ein Konzept von Zeit und Raum in einem Kālīyamman tempel Südindiens
By Hilde Link
Publish Date
1999
Publisher
Reimer
Language
ger
Pages
201
Description:
Describes the stone sculptures called navakkiraka figures, personifying nine heavenly bodies and their cosmology, from a Kālīyamman temple in Taṭṭāñcāvaṭi, India.
subjects: Antiquities, Architectural Decoration and ornament, Architecture and cosmology, Goddesses in art, Gods in art, Hindu cosmology, Hindu temples, Hinduism, Indic Sculpture, Personification in art, Religious aspects of Space and time, Sculpture, Space and time, Space and time in art, Stone carving, Symbolism in architecture, Symbolism in art, Themes, motives, Buildings, structures, Time in art, Kālīyamman Temple (Taṭṭāñcavāṭi, India)
Places: India, Tamil Nadu, Taṭṭāñcāvaṭi