Relationship Between Temple Architecture and Cosmology

[N. Ganesan]

Dr. M. Rabe wrote:
>Not wishing to be cantankerous, but still, a drop of
>cold-water-factuality
>never hurts long:

[...]
>And [my old friend] Charles Collins has never set foot on Elephanta
>island.
>In otherwords, one needs special caution when it comes to armchair
>philosophizing.


  How come then Collins wrote the book??!!
  Its ISBN number is 8170302595 and its OCLC number is
  27272130.

  Indira Peterson once told me about Collins arguing for a
  Kailasa model of the temple. So far, I haven't gotten to read it.
  In the near future I will do that.

Regards,
N. Ganesan

>
>For a detailed study of a Siva's temple built as Kailasa
>and its Pasupata cult, see:
>Charles D. Collins, The iconography and ritual of "Siva
>at Elephanta. SUNY 1988; Satguru 1991.
>
>Regards,
>N. Ganesan



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