The catalog of EFEO Publications includes works on a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences (archaeology, history, anthropology, literature, philology, etc.), centered on Asia, from India to Japan.
These publications address both specialists, and a wider public interested in Asian civilizations and societies.
Le crâne et le glaive
Représentations de Bhairava en Inde du Sud (VIIIe-XIIIe siècles)
Collection : Collection Indologie
Collection's number: 112
Edition: EFEO, Institut français de Pondichéry (IFP)
Publication date: 2010
Status : Available
43,00 €
ISBN-13 : 9782855391021
ISSN : 0073-8352
Width : 17 cm
Height : 23 cm
Weight : 0,85 kg
Number of pages : 470
Distributor : EFEO Pondichéry Contact : shanti@efeo-pondicherry.org, distributeur online : scholarswithoutborders@gmail.com, distributeur Chennai : jibh.rkc@gmail.com
Geography : India
Language : French
Place : Pondichéry
Support : Multi support
Abstract
The present work is devoted to Bhairava, a fierce form of the Hindu god Siva, and focusses on the ways in which he is represented in South Indian sculpture from the 8th to the 13th century AD. This complex and ubiquitous figure, transgressive and yet at the same time a source of salvation, was accorded an exceptional importance in the religion and art of medieval India. This study brings to the fore his so far underestimated popularity in South India. Bhairava’s exceptionally rich and varied iconography has been examined in the light of both mythological literature (mainly the Puranas) and normative treatises (silpasastra, agama/tantra, collections of dhyanaslokas, etc.). In the course of the book, the author attempts to unveil what this deity meant for those who sculpted, contemplated and worshipped his carved representations.
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