Following the Cap-Figure in Majapahit Temple Reliefs: a New Look at the Religious Function of East Javanese Temples, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Following male figures wearing a cap (cap-figures) in temple reliefs of the Javanese Majapahit period (ca. 1300-1500) leads to astonishing results on their meaning and function. The cap-figures, representing commoners, servants, warriors, noblemen, and most significantly Prince Panji, the hero from...

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Main Author: Kieven, Lydia (Author)
Format: Electronic Software eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] Brill 2013
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
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Summary:Following male figures wearing a cap (cap-figures) in temple reliefs of the Javanese Majapahit period (ca. 1300-1500) leads to astonishing results on their meaning and function. The cap-figures, representing commoners, servants, warriors, noblemen, and most significantly Prince Panji, the hero from the East Javanese Panji stories, are unique to depictions of non-Indic narratives. The cap-figure constitutes a prominent example of Majapahit's creativity in new concepts of art, literature and religion, independent from the Indian influence. More than that, the symbolic meaning of the cap-figures leads to an esoteric level: a pilgrim who followed the depictions of the cap-figures and of Panji in the temples would have been guided to the Tantric doctrine within Hindu-Buddhist religion. This title is available online in its entirety in Open Access
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 397 Seiten)
ISBN:9789004258655
DOI:10.1163/9789004258655

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