Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Oddiyana: a new interpretation
This chapter describes Oddiyana: a new interpretation located on page 146 of volume Volume 3 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
Volume 3 begins with a new perspective on the evolution of tantras, based on Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, Indonesian, and Simhalese sources. It further shows that the deification of kings and colossi of the Avatamsaka in Afghanistan, China and Japan are a crucial stage in tantra development.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Oddiyana: a new interpretation. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Stupas in Orissa (Study) [by Meenakshi Chauley]
In the later period, dating to around the fifteenth century CE from south India we get an epigraphical evidence, engraved during the reign of the king Virupaksha (1473) stating that a confusion caused by Oddiyana, i. e. Orissa, in the Deccan and the resulted pause on festivals in the Siva temple at Jambai in the south Arcot district for ten years....
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Triveni Journal
Furthermore, Droupadi is at once a projection of the political consciousness and a symbol of the glory of the new womanhood of modem India....
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Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) [by S. Krishnamurthy]
Srinivasan, Cave temples of the Pallavas, New Delhi, 1964 (Reprint 1993), p. 114. (* 7) Mentioned supra...
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