A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Konarka
This page describes Konarka which is located on page 188 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [by D. N. Shukla]
Temples of Orissa (3): Konarka. The temple of the Sun at Konarka is the grandest achievement of this Eastern School of architecture, standing entirely by itself, some twenty miles in a north-easterly direction along the sea-coast from Puri a great mass of masonry and rising like a pyramidal mound above the sand-dunes and forming from the sea a prominent landmark known as Black Pagoda, it had become a deserted ruin resurrected in recent times....
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Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) [by Chandrima Das]
Thus King Narasimgha Deva, the Ganga ruler of Orissa, who built the sun temple of Konarka, in his reign khedda [kheddah] technique of catching of elephants was practiced in the 13th century CE. [8. An in Mayurbhanj, Odisha. Courtesy: Debabrata Swain] [9. Elephants being driven into stockade for catching, Sun temple, Konarka, Odisha, 13th century CE. Courtesy: Debabrata Swain] [10. An elephant in the stockade, Sun temple, Konarka, Odisha, 13th century CE....
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
The same remarks apply to the cannons lying in Visnupur (Bengal) and to the iron beams used in the famous temple (now in ruins) of Konarka in Orissa. It is a matter of wonder and great significance that the ancient Hindus were able, long, long before the birth of Christ, to forgo such huge pillars and beams; and to prepare a kind of iron the like of which modern scientists have not yet been able to produce....
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