Transcript Hinduism - Brevard College

Hindu Texts
Upanishads
epics
Puranas
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period/aryans.htm
Mahabarata
“Thy Name is beautiful, and very beautiful is Thy love, Oh my Omnipresent Lord.
As rain is dear to the earth , as the fragrance of flowers is dear to the black bee, and as the
mango is dear to the cuckoo, so is the Lord to my soul.
As the sun is dear to the sheldrake, and as the lake of Man Sarowar to the swan, and as the
husband is dear to the wife, so is God to my soul.
As milk is dear to the baby and as the torrent of rain to the mouth of the sparrow-hawk who
drinks nothing but raindrops, and as water is dear to the fish, so is the Lord to my soul.”
-Bhakta Nam Dev
Hindu Time Line
• c. 2000 BCE
•
Aryan Invasion
• c. 1500 BCE early vedas
are first writen down
• C. 600 – 400 BCE
Upanishads recorded
• 500 BCE Bhakti
emerges as a religious
movement
• c. 400 – 200BCE
•
the Ramayana and the
Mahabaret, containing
the Bhagavad Gita
• c. 300 CE the Tantras
are writen down (they
are as old as the
Upanishads)
• c. 600 – 1800 CE Bhakti
Flourishes
(Fisher, 83.)
Bhakti
- The path of devotion.
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Brihadesvara / Rajarajeshvara
Temple
c. 1003 – 1010
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emples/tanjore2/tanjore2.jpg
http://www.atributetohinduism.com/images/Rajarajeshwara_temple3.jpg
http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/thanjavur/BRIHADESHVARA11.htm
http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/thanjavur/BRIHADESHVARA13.htm
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Ganesh
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12th century C.E.
Rajaraja Chola Museum,
Royal Palace
9th to 10th century C.E.
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13th century C.E.
Gajendra
-the lord of
the elephants
c. 10th – 12th
century
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Siva Nataraja, 11th c. From Southern India.
Location :Musee des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris, France
Photo Credit : Giraudon / Art Resource, NY
Image Reference : ART7045
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Siva Nataraja. Ringed by a circle of flames Siva dances on the
back of the prostrate dwarf Apasmara. From Madras. Chola
dynasty, 11th c. Bronze, H: 89 cm.
Location :Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
Photo Credit : Victoria & Albert Museum, London / Art
Resource, NY
Image Reference : ART51337
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Shiva Nataraja
13th century CE
Siva Nataraja. Bronze statue. Chola dynasty, 13th
c.
Location :Government Museum and National Art
Gallery, Madura, Tamil Nadu, India
Photo Credit : Borromeo / Art Resource, NY
Image Reference : ART1383
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Bibliography
Stockstad, Marilyn. Art History. Vol. 1, 2cnbd Ed.. Harry N.
Adams, Inc. New Jersey:2002. (pgs. 395 – 399).
Fisher, Mary Pat. Living Religions. 5th ed. Printice-Hall Inc..
New Jersey:2002. (pgs. 88-95)
http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/thanjavur/bri01.html
http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo40/chola_mandalam_empire.htm
http://www.hindunet.org/god/Gods/ganesh/