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1 online resource (144 p.) |
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Cover -- Map -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- Acknowledgements -- Note on names of towns -- Art of Devotion -- Collections -- Festivals -- Bibliography -- Inscriptions -- Dating difficulties -- Figure 1. Rama, Sita and Lakshmana, Kerala, c. 12th century, 6.5 inches, Collection of the late Dinesan Natesan, Bengaluru -- Figure 2. Oil lamp, Egypt, Mamluk period, c. 1360, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. F1957.19 -- Figure 3. Wall of lamps, Mahadeva temple, Ettumanar, Kerala, -- Figure 4. Metal shop employee inscribing a new kindi, Mannar, Kerala |
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Figure 5. Tree -- shaped lamp, inscribed 1555, Denver Museum of Art, Colorado, height 25 inches, diameter 15 in, Gift in Life Trust from Mrs. Irene Littledale Downs in memory of William H. Downs, acc. no. 1964.8A-E. Photo Courtesy Denver Art Museum -- Figure 6. cleaning disassembled oil lamp -- Classification -- Names of Some Oil Lamps -- Stationary Lamps -- Suspension Lamps -- Portable Lamps -- Suspension Lamps -- Archaeological Museum, Dadigama, Sri Lanka, elephant-shaped oil lamp -- Gaja/elephant-shaped lamps -- CSMVS, Mumbai, elephant-shaped lamp found at Jogeshvari, Maharashtra |
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Thrissur State Museum elephant-shaped oil lamp from Thripunithura, Kerala -- Kuthira Maliga Museum, Thiruvananthapuram, elephant-shaped oil lamp -- Vimana vilakku/ Temple model-shaped lamps -- Gaja Lakshmi -- Mythic Depictions -- Non-mythic suspension lamps -- Figure 7. Shasta riding his elephant vehicle, Chola, Government Museum Chennai, -- Figure 8. Pooram festival, Kerala -- Figure 9. Elephant-shaped suspension oil lamp, Dadigama, Sri Lanka, c. 1100-1150, Archaeological Museum, Dadigama, acc. no. 2.12 -- Figure 10. hydrostatic oil release |
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Figure 11. Elephant-shaped suspension oil lamp with chain figures, Jogeshvari, c. 1100-1150, CSMVS, acc. no. B84. Courtesy of the Trustees of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalya -- Figure 12. Chain detail figure 11 -- Figure 13. Chain figures detail figure 11 -- Figure 14. Elephant-shaped suspension oil lamp, Thrissur State Museum 10/3, Department of Archaeology, Kerala -- Figure 15. Elephant-shaped suspension oil lamp, Thrissur State Museum 10/4, Department of Archaeology, Kerala -- Figure 16. Temple elephant with caparison jewelry and kolam, Kerala |
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Figure 17. Elephant-shaped suspension oil lamp with Shiva, Kuthira Maliga Museum, Thiruvananthapuram -- Figure 18. Temple-shaped suspension oil lamp, Thrissur State Museum 10/34, Department of Archaeology, Kerala -- Figure 19. Arjuna and Shiva hunting a boar, detail of Figure 18 -- Figure 20. Temple-shaped suspension oil lamp, Thrissur State Museum 10/2, Department of Archaeology, Kerala -- Figure 21. Temple-shaped suspension oil lamp, Thrissur State Museum 10/1, Department of Archaeology, Kerala |
| Summary |
This in-depth study of the medieval oil lamps of Kerala and beyond considers these art objects as primary sources for a broader discussion on the ritual use of Hindu oil lamps, their related and unique cultural history, their motifs, style and subject matter. From an understudied region, many of the pieces presented are previously unpublished |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Figure 22. Deity in sanctum, detail of Figure 21, Thrissur State Museum 10/1 Department of Archaeology, Kerala |
| Subject |
Bronze sculpture, Indic.
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Lamps.
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lamps (lighting devices)
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Bronze sculpture, Indic
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Lamps
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781803272559 |
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1803272554 |
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