Ferrari & Dähnhardt/Charming Beauties, 3. Monstrous Animals on Hindu Temples

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How to Cite: Smith, David. Monstrous Animals on Hindu Temples, with Special Reference to Khajuraho. Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts - Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 15 - 31 Oct 2013. ISBN 9781908049599.

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The Khajuraho Group of Monuments are a group of Hindu and Jain temples in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India. They are a popular tourist destination and a World Heritage Site know for its Nagara-Style architecture and graceful sculptures of nayikas and deities, often in erotic poses, or portraying monsters. This chapter discusses possible meanings for these monsters; and in particular addresses the most specific problem posed by the vyālas at Khajuraho, as: What might be the significance of their constant propinquity to apasarases, the dancing girls of the gods?

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    Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts: Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore
  • creator
    David Smith
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    9781781791592 (eBook)
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    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
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    Sheffield, United Kingdom
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    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781791592