20.500.12592/v20254
The Journal of Oriental Research Madras March 1950
1952
Summary
To get over this defect great temple-builders fitted into great temples scenes drawn from the divine deeds of Gods called /i/as principally on the Brahmanical side of the three major Deities Brahma the creator Vishnu the preserver and Siva the destroyer and on the Buddhist side of the life of the Buddha and his past births (jatakas) and on the Jaina side of the lives of their 24 Tirthankaras [...] The main deity (Msila-Vigraha) of the temple which is worshipped has a spiritual as.well as a temporal capacity and the increase in the temple structures was in proportion to the increase in the powers or capacity associated with the God worshipped. [...] That the artists of the Indus valley had fully grasped the essential elements of form and decoration is apparent in the patterns of painted pottery based on geometrical and animal forms and also in the statuary figures of steatite faience and clay. [...] Indeed the sensitive modelling of the back below the waist and the profile of the dancing girl A lig. [...] The figured reliefs in these temples constitute a national epic illustrating the theme of the eternal struggle of the Devas and the Asuras in which Siva and Vishnu take their share and triumph over the forces of darness and evil.
| Title | Pages | Author/Editor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontmatter | i-ii | unknown | |
| Historic India and her Temples | 173-182 | T.N. Ramachandran | |
| Indian Bronzes | 183-190 | T.N. Ramachandran | |
| The Udayendiram Plates of Nandivarman II—A new Study of the Place Names | 191-195 | K.R. Venkataraman, K.R. Srinivasan | |
| Murari as a Poet | 196-204 | M. Sastri | |
| Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies and Narayani Handique Research Institute at Gauhati Assam | 205-215 | Sacchidananda Bhattacharya | |
| Game Preserves in Ancient India | 216-218 | Adris Banerji | |
| A Sattvika Gift | 219-222 | M. Venkataramayya | |
| Chronological Notes Kaiyata and Dhanajaya | 223-224 | V. Raghavan | |
| Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute Unvelling of the Portrait of the Rt. Hon. V.S. Srinivasa Sastri and Reception to Dr. Rajendra Prasad | 225-233 | unknown | |
| Obituary Notices | 234-236 | C. Rao | |
| Book Reviews | 237-251 | unknown | |
| Our Own Publications | i-xi | unknown |
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