A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Funeral monuments
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Harshacharita (socio-cultural Study) [by Mrs. Nandita Sarmah]
At last, the funeral pyre was covered with a plaster of cunam, which was known as caityacihna (i. e. , monument or tombstone). Thus, all things of the king were being cast aside....
Read full contents: 7. Customs (4): Antyeshti Samskara
Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [by D. N. Shukla]
Percy Brown views it as a monument having no peer in regard to these above mentioned characteristics. Even despite of the truncated superstructure this temples in the opinion of Brown, chiefly on account of the emphatic prodigality of its sculptural embellishment, is without exaggeration, one of the most remarkable monuments ever produced by the hand of man....
Read full contents: Hoysaleshvara [Hoysaleswara] temple at Halebid
Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) [by Geetika Kaw Kher]
Such incoherence is usually seen in monuments which are constructed using fragments of existing monuments, such as the Quwat-ul-Islam mosque in the Qutb complex, made from the remains of 22 Jaina and Hindu temples. The tile pavement thus raises interesting questions regarding the original monument to which the tiles belonged. Closer scrutiny of the hillside revealed that the ruins were arranged in level terraces, on each of which stood several buildings....
Read full contents: Appendix 2 - An Enquiry into the Sectarian Affiliation of the Ruins at Harwan
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