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Carving Devotion in the Jain Caves at Ellora

Carving Devotion in the Jain Caves at Ellora

$71
Author:Lisa N Owen
ISBN 13:9789360802387
Binding:Hardbound
Language:English
Year:2025
Pages:304pp.,25cm
Published On:26th February 2025
Subject:Art and Archaeology/Buddhism

About the Book

Drawing on art historical, epigraphical, and textual evidence, this book is the first full-scale reconstruction of medieval Jain artistic and devotional practices at the rock-cut site of Ellora in Maharashtra, India. Created during the ninth and tenth centuries, Ellora’s Jain caves are among the best-preserved examples of medieval Jain art in India. While this book briefly addresses traditional art historical issues of date and iconography, it primarily considers the articulation of sacred space within the caves and the role of imagery in shaping devotional practices. Building upon scholarship that examines Jainism within its larger South Asian context, this book also explores connections between the Jain monuments and their Hindu and Buddhist counterparts to reveal a lived religious world at Ellora.