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Hegewald, Julia A.B.: Jaina Temple Architecture in India: The Development of a Distinct Language in Space and Ritual, Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing, 2024 (Monographs on Indian Archaeology, Art and Philology, Volume 19). https://doi.org/10.11588/hasp.1363

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01/25/2024
The book was originally published in 2009 by G+H Verlag, Berlin. ISBN 978-3-940939-09-8

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Julia A.B. Hegewald

Jaina Temple Architecture in India

The Development of a Distinct Language in Space and Ritual

Monographs on Indian Archaeology, Art and Philology

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.

Julia A.B. Hegewald is Professor for Oriental Art History at the University of Bonn. Her research interests are South Asian and Himalayan art and architecture, water architecture in South Asia, Jaina art and temple architecture, Jaina culture in Karnataka, re-use theory and city planning.

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Table of Contents
Pages
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Front matter
i-iv
Dedication
v-vi
Table of Contents
vii-x
Preface
xi-xiii
Chapter One - Introduction
Questions of Jaina Identity and Style
1-5
Chapter Two - Jainism
A Brief Introduction
6-61
Chapter Three - Religious Images and Sacred Objects Associated with the Jaina Temple
62-125
Chapter Four - The Jaina Temple
Its Architecture, Associated Buildings and Ritual Accessories
126-213
Chapter Five - North-West India
Courtyards and Continuity
214-315
Chapter Six - North and East India
An Exercise in Centrality and Circumambulation
316-393
Chapter Seven - Central India
Compactness and Complexity
394-473
Chapter Eight - South India
Caves and Temple Complexes
474-559
Chapter Nine - The Jaina Temple
A Spacial Paradigm Unravelled
560-585
Glossary
586-593
Appendices
594-599
List of Figures
600-607
List of Plates
608-636
Bibliography
637-661
Index
662-693

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