A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Cave Temples
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Cave Temples” according to 193 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [by D. N. Shukla]
She says: “This King of caves, Guharaja, whatever its actual shape was, shares part of its name with Burmese brick built temples. “In Burma, brick-built temples with inner spaces are simply called ‘Ku or cave. One of the temples at Pagan bears the name Shwe Ku, Golden cave....
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Complete works of Swami Abhedananda [by Swami Prajnanananda]
Their famous Hoysaleswara temple at Holebid is the best known example of the Hoysala style. From the history of architecture we come to know that different cave-temples were designed and exavated all over India by the Buddhist, Jain and Hindu sects. The cavetemples were excavated in different times in different places but, yet there was a big interval between the early Buddhist and Jain cave-temples and those of other sects....
Read full contents: Appendix 2 - Indian Art in all its Phases
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) [by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy]
Rise of the Temple cult in Saivism. [Full title: Rise of the Temple cult in Shaivism or Temples and Tevaram] I The Temple Cult gradually developed, thanks to the Tevaram saints, into Agama public worship....
Read full contents: Chapter 1 - Rise of the Temple cult in Saivism
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