Essay name: Arts in the Puranas (study)
Author:
Meena Devadatta Jeste
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Pune
This essay studies the Arts in the Puranas by reconstructing the theory of six major fine arts鈥擬usic, Dance, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Literature鈥攆rom the Major and Minor Puranas. This thesis shows how ancient sages studied these arts within the context of cultural traditions of ancient India.
Chapter 3 - Architecture in the Puranas
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- 175 - 60 61 62 63 G. 2., 47.1 - 5.
G. P., 47. 6 - 10.
, P., 47. 11 - 13.
G. P., 47. 17 - 18
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64 B. P., 130. 16
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21.
65 啶氞い啷佮啶粪啶う啶� 啶曕啶班啶ぞ啶む 啶︵啶掂い啶距く啶むえ啶� 啶膏う啶� [catu岣メ梗a峁璦pada峁� kury膩t devat膩yatana峁� sad膩 ] etc.
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This accords fairly well with the Brhat-Sahhit膩 LV
啶 啶掂た啶膏啶むぞ啶班 啶さ啷囙う啷� 啶じ啷嵿く 啶︵啶掂た啶粪啶｀ぞ 啶むい啷嵿じ啶啶ㄠ啶ㄠい啶苦 啷�
啶椸啶氞啶涏啶班ぞ啶ぞ啶︵ 啶じ啷嵿い啷冟い啷�啶ぞ啶傕ざ啶膏啶む啶� 啶む啶栢啶ぞ 啶曕啶苦 啶膏啶啶むぞ 啷�
[yo vist膩ro bhaved yasya dvi峁峁嚹� tatsamunnati岣� |
gucchr膩b膩d yast峁泃墨y膩峁兣沘stena tukhy膩 ka峁環i岣� sm峁泃膩 ||
] Cited by Ajay Mitra Sastri Op. cit., p. 398.
66 M. P., 269. 23 II.
Twenty temples, their names, vv. 23 - 30.
Architectural details - vv. 31 - 46.
Measures vv. 47 - 51.
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67 Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., p. 271.
68 Ajay Mitra Sastri, op. cit., p. 404.
69 Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., Ch. VII p. 272.
70 B. P., I. 130.
Names of the twenty temples - vv. 23 - 26.
Their architectural details and measures - vv. 27 -
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71 A. P., 104. 11
11 - 21.
72 Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., Ch. VII, p. 278.
73 G. P., 47. 21 - 32.
74 VDP. III. 86. 1 - 12.
75 For the detailed description of these hundred types of
temple see Priyabala Shah, 'Visnudharmottara, III' Vol. II
pp. 201 205.
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