Drain-spout in the Form of a Flying Celestial Figure
Hovering above the central courtyard of a Hindu monastery at the rural central-Indian village of Chandrehe was once a set of finely sculpted flying celestials, known within their original, tenth-century context as gandharvas, heavenly singers in the court of the gods, or vidya-dharas, meaning “carri...
| Published in: | Conversations |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Yale University
2013
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Conversations
Year: 2014 |
| Further subjects: | B
Monastery
B Shaiva B Sculpture B Temple B Architecture B Hinduism B Poetry |
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| Summary: | Hovering above the central courtyard of a Hindu monastery at the rural central-Indian village of Chandrehe was once a set of finely sculpted flying celestials, known within their original, tenth-century context as gandharvas, heavenly singers in the court of the gods, or vidya-dharas, meaning “carriers of truth.” |
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| ISSN: | 2475-241X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Conversations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.22332/con.obj.2014.33 |