Minor majesties : the Pal̲uvēṭṭaraiyar and their South Indian kingdom of Pal̲uvūr, 9th-11th centuries A.D

Minor majesties the Pal̲uvēṭṭaraiyar and their South Indian kingdom of Pal̲uvūr, 9th-11th centuries A.D

'Minor Majesties' studies the small ancient kingdom of Pal̲uvūr, a town located on the northern bank of the Kāvēri River, about 30 kilometers north of Tanjavur.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gillet, Valérie, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press [2024]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:South Asia research.
Oxford scholarship online.
Materias:
Pal̲uvēṭṭaraiyar dynasty, > 871-1044.
Temples > India > Tamil Nadu.
Kings and rulers > Religious aspects > Hinduism.
Biography.
Biography & non-fiction prose.
Tamil Nadu (India) > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Tamil Nadu (India) > History > Sources.
Pal̲uvūr (India) > History > Sources.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Minor Majesties
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on the transliteration of Tamil words
  • List of abbreviations
  • List of illustrations
  • Introduction: The fabric of a little kingdom
  • From local elites to little kings
  • Defining the territory of a minor dynasty
  • The little kingdom of Paḻuvūr and its temples
  • The Brahmanical temple
  • The constitution of a corpus
  • Plan of the book
  • 1. A tentative biography of the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars
  • The name
  • Maṟavars and warriors
  • Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars and Kerala
  • A tentative chronology of the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars
  • The Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar women
  • 2. The Avanigandharva/​Avaṉikantarpa Īśvaragṛhattu Mahādeva temple complex (AIM) of Avaṉikantarpapuram
  • Locating and naming the temple
  • Dating the temple
  • The Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars in the AIM
  • The nature of the donations in the AIM
  • Networks of actors in and around the AIM
  • The tēvaṉār makaḷs/​makaṉs (daughters/​sons of god) of Paḻuvūr
  • The assemblies of the AIM corpus
  • The merchant communities
  • The Nāṭṭārs
  • The Sabhā
  • The temple organization
  • We the Paṭṭuṭaiyārs of this temple, we the Seven
  • Tēvakaṉmis
  • Temple officials as land donors
  • The Śrīkāryam
  • The Paṉmāheśvaras
  • The iconographical programme of the AIM
  • The northern direction
  • The eastern direction
  • The southern direction
  • The western direction
  • 3. The Pakaiviṭai Īśvaragṛhattu Mahādeva temple (PIM) and the Tiruttōṟṟamuṭaiyār of Maṉṉupperumpaḻuvūr
  • The Pakaiviṭai Īśvaragṛhattu Mahādeva temple (PIM)
  • Naming the temple
  • Sons/​daughters of god and dancers in the PIM
  • Other donors in the PIM
  • The internal organization of the temple
  • The PIM and its relation to the AIM
  • The PIM and the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars
  • The Tiruttōṟṟamuṭaiyār: a lost royal shrine.
  • The Tiruttōṟṟamuṭaiyār of the 10th century and the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar Kaṇṭaṉ Maṟavaṉ
  • Reviving the Tiruttōṟṟamuṭaiyār at the end of the 11th century
  • The Kaṇṭīśvaramuṭaiyār: a lost paḷḷipaṭai?
  • The sculptures
  • 4. The Tiruvālantuṟai Mahādeva temple of Ciṟupaḻuvūr
  • Naming the temple in Tamil
  • From brick to stone: reconstructing the temple
  • The iconography of the Tiruvālantuṟai Mahādeva
  • The Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars in the Tiruvālantuṟai Mahādeva temple: an ostentatious manifestation
  • Tiruvālantuṟainallūr
  • The Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar little kings and queens give goats and gold
  • Gifts of little kings in the post-​Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar period
  • The officers of the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars as donors
  • Becoming a Śrīkāryam
  • Other officers of the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars
  • Networks of donors and nature of donations in the Tiruvālantuṟai Mahādeva temple
  • First half of the 10th century
  • Second half of the 10th century and beginning of the 11th century
  • Assemblies and temple officers: a village temple organization
  • The Sabhā of Ciṟupaḻuvūr
  • Temple officers and priests
  • Paṉmāheśvaras
  • The Śiva of Paḻuvūr in the Tēvāram
  • 5. The Maṟavaṉīśvaragṛhattu Mahādeva of Ciṟupaḻuvūr
  • The Maṟavaṉīśvaragṛhattu Mahādeva and the Tiruvālantuṟai Mahādeva temples
  • Donations to the Maṟavaṉīśvaram
  • The Maṟavaṉīśvaram and the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars
  • Conclusion: The configuration of social and political powers of Paḻuvūr through its religious centres
  • Mēlappaḻuvūr
  • Kīḻappaḻuvūr
  • Appendix 1. The epigraphical corpus of Paḻuvūr
  • Appendix 2. The Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars in inscriptions outside Paḻuvūr
  • Appendix 3. Hymn 2.34 of the Tēvāram by Campantar, dedicated to Paḻuvūr
  • Appendix 4. Photographs of Paḻuvūr
  • References
  • Index.

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