La création d'une iconographie sivaïte narrative Incarnations du dieu dans les temples pallava construits

• Main Author: Gillet, Valérie (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: Pondichéry Institut Français de Pondichéry 2010
• Series: Collection Indologie
• Subjects: Oriental art; History; dynastie; Pallava; art religieux; iconographie; temple; monument; image narrative
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At the end of the 7th century, the Pallava dynasty began to construct the first temples built entirely of stone in the Tamil-speaking South. For the most part these were dedicated to Śiva and their walls are thus adorned with representations of him in various embodiments, some benign, some fierce a...