Kaladarpana : The Mirror of Indian Art: Essays in Memory of Shri Krishna Deva

Contents: Preface. In memory. Remembering Shri Krishna Deva. Shri Krishna Deva -- A tribute. Shri Krishna Deva: Personality and achievements. List of contributors. I. Architecture: 1. On the identity of architectural from depicted in the Lomas Rishi Facade/P.K. Agrawala. 2. Wooden temple (Mirkula Devi) at Udaipur, District Lahaul and Spiti (Himachal Pradesh)/C. Dorje. 3. Temples as depicted on Yaudheya coins/Devendra Handa. 4. India\'s Angkor: Siva\'s temple at Masrur/Michael W. Meister. 5. Temples at Kiradu, Rajasthan/B.L. Nagarch. 6. A sense of the whole -- Indian architecture and identity/Frederick M. Asher. 7. Maharangamandapa of Ramasvami Temple, Kumbhakonam, Tamilnadu: An architectural allegory/U.S. Moorti. 8. The Somanatha temple through the ages/Amar Nath Khanna. 9. Umari and Baraun Chandapur Temples: Reminiscence of the excluded past of the Eastern Vindhyas/Amrendra K. Singh. 10. A ruined Solar - Saiva Temple near Chittorgarh/Kirit Mankodi. II. Art: 11. Archaic human forms in terracotta from the early NBPW deposit/Arundhati Banerji. 12. Bhagavata Purana Reliefs in two Vijayanagara period temples of Andhra Pradesh/Anila Verghese. 13. \'Natural Symbols\' Hindu and Aztec/N. James. 14. Religious inspiration and artistic activities as reflected in the Terracotta Art of Buddhist Stupa at Mirpurkhas/Sabyasachi Mukherjee. 15. Some newly identified sculptures from Bundelkhand Region: special reference to Tehsil Mau/Nayan Ananda Chakraborty and Sangeeta Chakraborty. 16. Some dance sculptures from Champa/Kapila Vatsyayan. 17. Daradas and their folk and Tribal Art Traditions/B.R. Mani. 18. Clay models of Hindu shrines from Ancient Gandhara/M. Nasim Khan. 19. A rare Bhakta Siriyala wooden figure/C.B. Patil. III. Iconography: 20. The Chandella Hari-Hara in the British Museum/Devangana Desai. 21. Manifestations of Siva in a temple festival: Iconography from a priest\'s perspective/Richard H. Davis. 22. Bharata Muni: a symbol of renunciation and Aparigraha in Jainism/Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari. 23. A short survey of Siva-lingas in the Pakistani collections/Ibrahim Shah. 24. Vamana - Trivikrama sculptures from Hampi/K.M. Suresh. 25. The elephant-headed Gana at Mihintale/M.K. Dhavalikar. 26. Siva-Kaivalya in Cambodia/R. Nagaswamy. 27. Horse-head on the back in medieval icons/R.C. Agrawala. 28. Portrayal of Sutradhara in the Ambarnath temple/Kumud D. Kanitkar. 29. From heroic struggle to Anachronistic footnote: The Synoptic milieu for Ravana in North Indian images of Ravananugraha - Murti/Thomas E. Donaldson. 30. Iconography and text: The visual narrative of the Buddhist book-cult in the manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra/Jinah Kim. 31. Two unpublished Marichi sculptures in the Khulna Museum, Bangladesh and related images from Mainamati/Gerd J.R. Mevissen. 32. Meaning of the term Gahapati: Gahapati and the caste categories in Buddhism/Y. Krishan. 33. Brahma with Vishnu\'s crown: how to explain?/Gouriswar Bhattacharya. 34. Apsaras, Dakinis and Yoginis: Aerial women and Buddhist utilizations of sexuality/Serinity Young. 35. Buddhist images from Udayagiri, Orissa/P.K. Trivedi and Subash Khamari. IV. Miscelleneous: 36. Prehistoric paintings in Karikkaiyur rock-shelter, Tamil Nadu -- a study/M. Nambirajan. 37. Archaeological record of Vedic rituals: a case study of shaped potsherds/Vidula Jayaswal and Meera Sharma. 38. Newly discovered Hosa Agrahara Copper Plate of Vijayanagara Krishnadevaraya/A.V. Narasimha Murthy. 39. The riddle of Asoka Challa/Maheshwar P. Joshi. Index.

"Kaladarpana: The Mirror of Indian Art is a simulative and perceptive survey of different aspects of Indian art, architecture and iconography. The book provides unparalleled source of insight, into Indian art through the ages, incorporating the latest researches on the subject.

The volume is dedicated to the memory of Shri Krishna Deva, who devoted all his life to the study and research of Indian art, architecture, iconography and epigraphy besides field archaeology. He left an intangible mark as an expert specially in the field of Indian Temple Architecture.

The present volume, containing thirty-nine papers contributed by reputed scholars, is thus a befitting tribute to the memory of Shri Krishna Deva whose contribution to the cause of Indian art is second to none.

The strikingly illustrated book is a significant contribution to the field of Indian art and is valuable for students and scholars alike." (jacket)