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Tables of Contents for The Hindu Temple
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
6
PART ONE Dwine Eroticism
The Nature of the World
7
4
The Cults of the Phallus and of the Mother
11
2
The Divine Image
13
5
PART TWO Temples: Dwellings of the Gods
Sacred Places
18
4
Temple Position and Orientation in the City
22
3
The Temple Ground and Preliminary Rites
25
4
The Architect
29
2
The Germ of the Temple
31
2
The Plan of the Temple
33
4
Yantras
37
2
The Plan-Person (Vastu-Purusha)
39
3
Erotic Representations
42
4
The Building of the Temple
46
3
The Sanctuary (Garbha Griha)
49
2
The Mountain and the Cavern (Shikhara and Garbha Griha)
51
4
The Fruit or Celestial Crown (Amalaka)
55
2
The Door of the Sanctuary
57
1
The Vestibule (Mandapa)
58
3
The Face of the Renowned, Kirtimukha
61
4
The Incarnate Word, Virala
65
1
The Sacred Swan or Goose, Hamsa
66
1
A World Apart
67
2
The Origin of Temple Forms
69
3
Architectural Treatises
72
2
PART THREE Revealing the Dwine Mind
The Images of the Gods
74
4
Iconographic Canons
78
2
Clothing
80
2
The Ritual of Caressing (Nyasa)
82
3
The Three Gods
85
1
Coupling (Mithuna)
86
3
Representations of Shiva
89
4
The Linga, Shiva's Phallic Emblem
93
4
The Power of Nature, Shardula
97
1
Apsaras and Gandharvas
98
3
The Four Meanings of Life
101
8
Ethics and Sexuality
109
7
The Ties of Nature and Liberation
116
3
Sexual and Erotic Education
119
3
Note on the Text and Illustations
122
1
Bibliography
123
3
Biographical Notes
126
2
Index
128