Jaina temple architecture in India

• Verfasst von: Hegewald, Julia A. B. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Jaina temple architecture in India
• Titelzusatz: the development of a distinct language in space and ritual
• Verf.angabe: Julia A. B. Hegewald
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Verlag: G-+-H-Verl.
• Jahr: 2009
• Umfang: XIII, 693 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie ; 19
• Hochschulschrift: Habilitation, Technische Hochschule Aachen, 2008
• ISBN: 978-3-948791-97-1
• DOI: doi:10.11588/hasp.1363
• Schlagwörter: (g)Indien / (s)Jainismus / (s)Tempel / (s)Architektur
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Dokumenttyp: Hochschulschrift
• Sprache: eng
• Original: Elektronische Reproduktion von: Hegewald, Julia A. B.: Jaina temple architecture in India. - Berlin: G-+-H-Verl., 2009. - XIII, 693 S
• (Umfang): 1 Online-Ressource
• (Ort): Heidelberg
• (Verlag): Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing (HASP)
• (E-Jahr): 2024
• Sach-SW: Architecture
• Sach-SW: India
• Sach-SW: Jainism
• Sach-SW: Temple
• K10plus-PPN: 1880719487
• K10plus-PPN: CATS / Abt. Südasien
• Bibliothek/Idn: SA / m4484029596
• Lokale URL Inst.: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Jaina Temple Architecture in India is the first comprehensive study of the development and uniqueness of Jaina sacred structures. The monograph analyses temples in the whole of India and outlines clear continuities by covering the period from the early centuries BCE till the present day. It identifies a distinct Jaina approach to the shaping of ritual space, which involves often complex spatial layouts on various superimposed vertical levels as well as conglomerates of interconnected sanctums and building elements on the horizontal plane. These accommodate a multitude of venerated objects and mirror specific Jaina patterns of worship as well as Jaina mythological and cosmological concepts.