A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Virupaksa temple
This page describes Virupaksa temple which is located on page 559 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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Ramayana of Valmiki [by Hari Prasad Shastri]
The Fight between Virupaksha and Sugriva. [Full title: The Fight between Virupaksha and Sugriva. Virupaksha s Death]. The mutilated corpses of the monkeys, who had fallen under the shafts of Dashagriva were heaped on die earth, and the Plavam-gamas were as unable to endure that irresistible avalanche of darts loosed by Ravana, as butterflies a scorching fire....
Read full contents: Chapter 97 - The Fight between Virupaksha and Sugriva
Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [by D. N. Shukla]
There are ten temples of consequence at this renowned site, four of which are in the Indo-Aryan or Northern or Nagara-style and the six in the Dravidian or Southern as tabulated hereunder:— Nagara: Papanath temple, Jambulinga, Karsidhesvara, Kashinatha (Kashivishvanatha). Dravidian: Sangameshvara, Virupaksha, Mallikarjuna, Galagnatha [Galaganatha?], Sunmeshvara, Jain temple....
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Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) [by Chandrima Das]
Carved on to a column in the Virupaksha temple the scene describes the climax of a well-known Puranic tell of piety and deliverance the Gajendra-Moksha (Gajendra s salvation). [24. Gajendra-moksha] Puranas narrate the story of Gaja-Kurmasin or Kacchapa and both of these creatures got there forms due to curses casted on each other in a previous life. There was a sage called Bibhavasu, who was very short tempered person....
Read full contents: Gajendra-Moksha (Gajendra’s salvation)
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