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Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Artifacts Discovered from Pind Kahoot Mound, District Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan 巴基斯坦旁遮普省查克瓦尔地区Pind Kahoot土堆出土文物的民族考古学研究

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South Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/02666030.2023.2165250

Hadiqa Imtiaz, S. Raza, Safina Baig, K. Zahra

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Encapsulating Dance in Sculpture: The Story of “Arjuna and the Hunter” as Represented in the Hoysaḷa Temples 在雕塑中封装舞蹈:以Hoysaḷa寺庙为代表的“阿尔诸那和猎人”的故事

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South Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/02666030.2023.2235120

A. Tosato

{"title":"Encapsulating Dance in Sculpture: The Story of “Arjuna and the Hunter” as Represented in the Hoysaḷa Temples","authors":"A. Tosato","doi":"10.1080/02666030.2023.2235120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02666030.2023.2235120","url":null,"abstract":"This article assesses the topic of theatrical performances and sculpture in medieval India through an analysis of the relationship between narrative sculptures, literary works of poetry (kāvya), and theatrical performances, as these are described in the manuals on dance/theatre (nāṭya), such as the Nāṭyaśāstra of Bharata, with the commentary Abhinavabhāratī by Abhinavagupta, Saṅgītaratnākara, and Nṛttaratnāvalī. The sculptures included in this study are found in four temples built by the Hoysaḷa dynasty in the 12th and 13th centuries and represent the story of “Arjuna and the Hunter (kirāta)”, told in the Mahābhārata and in later literary works that were well-known in the courts of South India, including the Hoysaḷa court. After providing a detailed description of the sculptures based on the śilpa and nāṭya śāstras (treatises on sculpture and theatre), the study suggests that the sculptors carving these images adopted the technical language of nāṭya according to its theatrical usage (viniyoga), as an instrument to convey specific meanings and to express the emotions (bhāvas and rasas) evoked in the story, in both dancing and non-dancing figures.","PeriodicalId":52006,"journal":{"name":"South Asian Studies","volume":"51 1","pages":"53 - 75"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81277171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Tracing Ancient Itinerants and Early Medieval Rulers in the Forests of Bandhavgarh 在班德哈格尔森林中追踪古代游牧民和中世纪早期统治者

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South Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/02666030.2022.2163067

Nayanjot Lahiri, M. Rajani, Debdutta Sanyal, Samayita Banerjee, Satyendra Tiwari

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Mobility and Festivity: Krishna Icons and the Reunion of the Seven Svarūps of 1739–40 流动性和节日:奎师那圣像和七神的团聚Svarūps, 1739 - 1740年

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South Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/02666030.2023.2224621

Isabella Nardi

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The Told and Untold 被告知的和未被告知的

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South Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/02666030.2022.2163071

Jiajing Mo

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An Urban Approach to the Archaeology of Buddhism in Gandhara: The Case of Barikot (Swat, Pakistan) 犍陀罗佛教考古的城市视角:以巴利果(巴基斯坦斯瓦特)为例

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South Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/02666030.2023.2231671

Elisa Iori

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A Story Without Architecture: The Mythical Origins of Mumbai 一个没有建筑的故事:孟买的神话起源

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South Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-11 DOI: 10.1080/02666030.2022.2137974

Pushkar Sohoni

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The Other Archaeologists: The Ignorant Villagers and the Colonial Archaeology of Taxila in the Late Nineteenth Century 其他考古学家:无知的村民和19世纪晚期塔克西拉的殖民考古

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South Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/02666030.2022.2137981

Ifqut Shaheen

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Linguistic Hegemony and Latent Typology: The Case of Harappan Script Scholarship 语言霸权与潜在类型学:以哈拉潘文字学术为例

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South Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/02666030.2022.2111092

P. Gokhale

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Sultanganj Re-Visited: Encountering the Past Through Living Traditions 重新访问苏丹甘尼:通过生活传统遇到过去

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South Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/02666030.2022.2143882

R. Bose

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