Himmelskörper aus Stein
Subtitle: ein Konzept von Zeit und Raum in einem Kālīyamman tempel Südindiens
By: Hilde K. Link ; unter Mitwirkung der Tempelbaumeister Sri Tiru Ganapati Sthapati und Venkataraman Sthapati.
Contributors: Sthapati, Ganapati.; Sthapati, Venkataraman.
Publisher: Reimer
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Architecture and cosmology -- India -- Taṭṭāñcāvaṭi; Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- India -- Taṭṭāñcāvaṭi; Goddesses in art -- India -- Taṭṭāñcāvaṭi; Gods in art -- India -- Taṭṭāñcāvaṭi; Personification in art -- India -- Taṭṭāñcāvaṭi; Sculpture -- India -- Taṭṭāñcāvaṭi -- Themes, motives; Sculpture, Indic -- India -- Taṭṭāñcāvaṭi -- Themes, motives; Space and time in art -- India -- Taṭṭāñcāvaṭi; Stone carving -- India -- Taṭṭāñcāvaṭi -- Themes, motives; India -- Antiquities
Other titles: Konzept von Zeit und Raum in einem Kāḷīyamman̲ temple Südindiens.
Description: Describes the stone sculptures called navakkiraka figures, personifying nine heavenly bodies and their cosmology, from a Kālīyamman temple in Taṭṭāñcāvaṭi, India.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-201).