In Praise of Prambanan : : Dutch essays on the Loro Jonggrang Temple complex / / edited by Roy E. Jordaan .

• Author: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands); Jordaan, Roy E.
• TeilnehmendeR: R. Jordaan,; Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 1996.
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Translation series / Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde In praise of Prambanan
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 pages) :; illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

In praise of Prambanan is devoted to the Hindu-Javanese temple complex of Candi Prambanan, also known by its locally more popular name of Candi Loro Jonggrang. The book has two parts. Part One is a general introduction to the temple complex based on an examination of the existing scholarly literature. It offers a detailed state-of-the-art survey of publications on Candi Prambanan as well as of the religious conditions which made its creation possible. Part Two contains a selection of important articles - in English translation - about the temple complex by prominent Dutch scholars all of whom had first-hand knowledge of it: J.W. IJzerman, J.Ph. Vogel, N.J. Krom, F.D.K. Bosch, B. de Haan, W.F. Stutterheim, V.R. van Romondt and A.J. Bernet Kempers. The book is richly illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. Roy E. Jordaan, currently a private scholar, obtained his PhD in anthropology from Leiden University.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Roy E. Jordaan -- Candi Prambanan: An updated introduction / Roy E. Jordaan -- The Prambanan temple pits / J.W. Ijzerman -- The first Prambanan Rāma relief / J.Ph. Vogel -- The Prambanan statues / N.J. Krom -- The god Brahmā surrounded by mahaṛṣi / F.D.K. Bosch -- Candi A and candi B / B.De Haan -- The arrangement of the Rāma reliefs of Candi Loro Jonggrang and the course of the sun / W.F. Stutterheim -- The reconstruction of the Śiva temple at Prambanan / V.R. Van Romondt -- Prambanan 1954 / A.J. Bernet Kumpers -- Glossary / Roy E. Jordaan -- Bibliography / Roy E. Jordaan -- Index / Roy E. Jordaan.