Sculptures as the Trademark of Sovereignty in the Hoysaḷa Kingdom

Among the various sculptures created by Hoysaḷa artists between the 12th and 13th centuries emerges a curious iconographic couple: a man wearing a long robe and an unusual headdress, accompanied by a woman, completely naked, with sandals on her feet, surrounded by snakes. Both these figures have a...

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Autor principal:	Cristina Bignami
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2021
Materias:	Hoysaḷa Kālāmukha Karnataka royal legitimation Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3d21dd8804ad4b369b3f561d53533d692021-11-27T12:53:32ZSculptures as the Trademark of Sovereignty in the Hoysaḷa Kingdom10.12797/CIS.18.2016.18.081732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/3d21dd8804ad4b369b3f561d53533d692021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1569https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 Among the various sculptures created by Hoysaḷa artists between the 12th and 13th centuries emerges a curious iconographic couple: a man wearing a long robe and an unusual headdress, accompanied by a woman, completely naked, with sandals on her feet, surrounded by snakes. Both these figures have a stick. The recurrence of this subject in many temples and the important position in the register of sculptures suggest that this iconography was already codified in the early 12th century, that is during the rise of the dynasty. The focus of my study is to analyze the development of these representations in correlation with the religious and political context: at the beginning the two iconographies were sculpted together, while in the course of time they began to be carved separately. This new exploration adds to the iconographic analysis and the study of the epigraphic sources and it aims at relating the artistic production with the construction and legitimation of the dynasty. Controversial interpretations of the meaning of these representations open up a lively debate about local cults in medieval Karnataka and the versatile royalty of the Hoysaḷa dynasty. Cristina BignamiKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleHoysaḷaKālāmukhaKarnatakaroyal legitimationIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 18 (2021)
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description	Among the various sculptures created by Hoysaḷa artists between the 12th and 13th centuries emerges a curious iconographic couple: a man wearing a long robe and an unusual headdress, accompanied by a woman, completely naked, with sandals on her feet, surrounded by snakes. Both these figures have a stick. The recurrence of this subject in many temples and the important position in the register of sculptures suggest that this iconography was already codified in the early 12th century, that is during the rise of the dynasty. The focus of my study is to analyze the development of these representations in correlation with the religious and political context: at the beginning the two iconographies were sculpted together, while in the course of time they began to be carved separately. This new exploration adds to the iconographic analysis and the study of the epigraphic sources and it aims at relating the artistic production with the construction and legitimation of the dynasty. Controversial interpretations of the meaning of these representations open up a lively debate about local cults in medieval Karnataka and the versatile royalty of the Hoysaḷa dynasty.
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Sculptures as the Trademark of Sovereignty in the Hoysaḷa Kingdom

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