A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Vesara
This page describes Vesara which is located on page 537 of the third 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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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Vesara” according to 7 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [by D. N. Shukla]
Bhattacharya (159) says: “The difficulty is about the word Vesara, which I think was not a style but indicated really the shape of a structure being round (similar to the ring like ornament ‘Vesara of the nose). This may also explain and remove the difficulties about the location of the Vesara style of building....
Read full contents: Chapter 4 - Prasada styles (C): Vesara
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) [by K. Vidyuta]
(c) Vesara Style: The temples of the Deccan region, which incorporated both the styles of Nagara and Dravida are categorised under the Vesara style or mixed style. This hybrid style became popular after the mid 7th Cent. A. D during the reign of later Chalukya rulers, Rashtrakutas, Hoysalas and the Vijayanagara kings....
Read full contents: 3. Temple Architecture (Prasada or Vimana)
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) [by Bhagyashree Sarma]
between the Vindhyas and the river Krishna basically belong to the group of Vesara style of temple. The Vesara style of temples were built by the later Calukyas, in the Kanarese Districts, and by the Hoysala Dynasty, in Mysore. The following figures show some pictures of temples of Vesara style. Figure: Yellamma Temple, Badami Figure: Dodda Basappa Temple Figure: Keshava Temple Moreover, some fundamental parts of a temple viz....
Read full contents: 4. The Vishnudharmottara-purana and Temple Architecture of India
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