Dakṣiṇāmūrti on Vimānas of Viṣṇu Temples in the Far South.

Dakṣiṇāmūrti is a Śaivite iconographical form which appears in Indian art from the later Pallava period onwards. It was a stereotyped installation on the southern devakoṣṭha in any Śiva temple from the early Cōḻa period. Deviating from this established pattern, some of the Viṣṇu temples, called Nava...

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Published in:	South Asian Studies Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 131 - 145
Main Author:	Rajarajan, R. K. K.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd 2011
Subjects:	Temples Buddhist temples Vishnu (Hindu deity) Epithets Siva (Hindu deity) History of India Pallava dynasty, 4th-9th centuries India
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