The creative south: Buddhist and Hindu art in mediaeval maritime Asia

Abstract

"This edited volume programmatically reconsiders the creative contribution of the littoral and insular regions of Maritime Asia to shaping new paradigms in the Buddhist and Hindu art and architecture of the medieval Asian world. Far from being a mere southern conduit for the maritime circulation of Indic religions, in the period from ca. the 7th to the 14th century those regions transformed across mainland and island polities the rituals, icons, and architecture that embodied these religious insights with a dynamism that often eclipsed the established cultural centres in Northern India, Central Asia, and mainland China. This collective body of work brings together new research aiming to recalibrate the importance of these innovations in art and architecture, thereby highlighting the cultural creativity of the monsoon-influenced Southern rim of the Asian landmass." -- Publisher.

Contents

Volume 1. Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Volume 1: Intra-Asian Transfers and Mainland Southeast Asia -- PART I: INFLUENCES FROM THE SOUTH -- 2. From Melayu to Thamel and Back: The Transmigration of the Eight-Armed Amoghapāśa -- 3. In the Footsteps of Amoghavajra (705-774): Southern Indian Artistic Mode in Tang China and its Transmission to Tibet -- 4. Heruka-Maṇḍalas across Maritime Asia -- PART II: TRANSFERS AND INNOVATIONS IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA -- 5. Goddess Prajñāpāramitā and Esoteric Buddhism in Jayavarman VII's Angkor -- 6. Dancers, Musicians, Ascetics, and Priests: Performance-based Śaiva Worship and its Development in the Temple Cults of Angkor -- 7. Libraries or Fire Shrines? Reinterpreting the Function of 'Annex Buildings' in Khmer Śaiva Temples from the Prism of Early Śaivism -- 8. Śaiva Religious Iconography: Dancing Śiva in Multi-Polity Medieval Campā -- 9. The Colossal Trà Kiệu Pedestal in Campā and its Relationship to Courtly Culture in Cambodia, East Java, and China -- 10. On the Chronological Interrelationship between Newly Found Inscriptions and the Temple Architecture of Campā: The Hòa Lai and Po Dam Sites -- The Contributors -- Index Volume 2. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Volume 2: Odisha and Java -- Part I FROM ODISHA TO JAVA -- Chapter 2 Saviour 'at the Time of Death': Amoghapāśa's Cultic Role in Late First Millennium Odishan Buddhist Sites -- Chapter 3 Circulation of Buddhist Maṇḍalas in Maritime Asia: Epigraphic and Iconographic Evidence from Odisha and Java (8th-11th century) -- Part II JAVA AND ITS TRANSLOCAL ECHOES -- Chapter 4 The Scheme of Borobudur -- Chapter 5 Candi Pembakaran at Ratu Boko: Its Possible Function and Association with the Mediaeval Sri Lankan Monastery at Anurādhapura -- Chapter 6 The Conqueror of the Three Worlds: The Cult of Trailokyavijaya in Java Studied Through the Lens of Epigraphical and Sculptural Remains -- Chapter 7 The Social Context of the Central Javanese Temples of Kalasan and Prambanan (8th-9th Century CE) -- Chapter 8 Sītā as Rāvaṇa's Daughter at Candi Prambanan -- Chapter 9 Hydro-architectonic Conceptualizations in Central Javanese, Khmer, and South Indian Religious Architecture: The Prambanan Temple as a Sahasraliṅga Mechanism for the Consecration of Water -- Chapter 10 New Archaeological Data from Mt Penanggungan, East Java -- THE CONTRIBUTORS -- Index