Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture - North and South India
author: Michael W. Meister
edition: 1986, American Institute of Indian Studies
pages: 6147
Topic: History
Chapter 12 - Pratihara Period: Mandapika Shrines
This chapter describes Pratihara Period: Mandapika Shrines located on page 151 in the book Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture (North and South India) compiled by Michael W. Meister, George Michell and M. A. Dhaky. These books deal with Indian temples from the early centuries. South India developed the Dravidian style while North India expressed symbolic experimentation of the divine manifestation.
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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society [by Kaushik Acharya]
Jodhpur Inscription of Pratihara Bauka (c. 837CE) issued by Bauka of Pratihara dynasty records the social conditions of that time. Brahmana called Harichandra who married the daughter of a brahmana and, as the second wife, a Kshtriya lady called Bhadra. His sons born of the brahmana wife become Pratihara brahmanas and those born of queen Bhadra became the Pratihara (rulers). Bh og abhatta, Kakka, Rajjila, and Dadda were born to Queen Bhadra....
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Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) [by R. Muthuraman]
Sub shrines. In large temples there are a number of subsidiary shrines around the central shrine called parivaralayas for parivara devatas. This can be observed in the Kailasanatha temple at Kanchipuram and Talagirisvarar temple at Panamalai. During the early Chola period, sub shrines were demarcated from the central shrine and formed separate shrines in the prakara. In the succeeding periods the number of these shrines were increased commensurate with the formation of the main temple....
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Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) [by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo]
The village has a number of small shrines of Brahmanical faith namely Mandalshri (Pl. XIIA), Boulei, Kushumei and Gadachandi. But the small Mandalishri RCC shrine contains a Jaina chaumukha (Pl. XIIB). The chaumukha (27x9cm) has similar representation as like one displayed in Ayodhya museum except rampart lions at the bisama portion of the miniature shrine....
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