Epic Narratives in the Hoysaḷa Temples : : The Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata and Bhāgavata Purāṇa in Haḷebīd, Belūr and Amṛtapura / / by Kirsti Evans.

• Author: Evans; Evans, Kirsti.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : Brill,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Series: Numen Book Series 74.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 286 pages) :; illustrations, maps.

This volume is a detailed exposition of the visual retellings from the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata and Bhāgavata Purāṇa on specific South Indian Hoysaḷa temples. The first part of the book deals with the Amṛteśvara temple, particularly its narrative panels depicting the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata and Bhāgavata Purāṇa. The text is a résumé of episodes paired with photographs which illustrate and review the visual retellings and explore Indian techniques of visual narrative. Corollary material from other Hoysaḷa temples with narrative reliefs, including new sites, is presented in the second part. There are very few published contextual studies of Indian narrative sculptures, and so the book is a contribution to the documentation of Indian medieval art, examining visual narratives within the context of the Hindu temple. The book is illustrated with 150 photographs.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Kirsti Evans -- Acknowledgements / Kirsti Evans -- Map / Kirsti Evans -- List of Illustrations / Kirsti Evans -- Preface: The Hoysaḷa Legend / Kirsti Evans -- Part 1 -- The Hoysaḷa Temples -- Visual Narratives on Indian Temples -- The Amṛśtesvara Temple -- The Patterning of the Rāmāyaṇa Panels on the Amṛteśvara -- The Identification of the Rāmāyaṇa Panels on the Amṛteśvara -- Compositional and Narrative Devices of the Rāmāyaṇa Panels on the Amṛteśvara -- The Patterning of the Mahābhārata Panels on the Amṛteśvara -- The Identification of the Mahābhārata Panels on the Amṛteśvara -- Compositional and Narrative Devices of the Mahābhārata Panels on the Amṛteśvara -- The Bhāgavata Purāṇa on the Amṛteśvara -- Part II -- The Hoysaḷeśvara Temple and its Narrative Sculptures -- The Hūcheśvara Temple and its Narrative Sculptures -- The Nāgareśvara Complex and tts Narrative Sculptures -- The Kedareśvara Temple and its Narrative Sculptures -- The Cennakeśava Complex and its Narrative Sculptures -- Temple Plans with the Numbered Positions of the Narratives -- The Hoysaḷa Temples Discussed in the Text -- Sanskrit Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.