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Following the cap-figure in Majapahit temple reliefs

Name: Following the cap-figure in Majapahit temple reliefs
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ISBN: 9789067183888

Lydia Kieven

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Following male figures wearing a cap (cap-figures) in temple reliefs of the Javanese Majapahit period (ca. 1300-1500) leads to astonishing results on their meaning and function. The cap-figures, representing commoners, servants, warriors, noblemen, and most significantly Prince Panji, the hero from the East Javanese Panji stories, are unique to depictions of non-Indic narratives. The cap-figure constitutes a prominent example of Majapahit’s creativity in new concepts of art, literature and religion, independent from the Indian influence. More than that, the symbolic meaning of the cap-figures leads to an esoteric level: a pilgrim who followed the depictions of the cap-figures and of Panji in the temples would have been guided to the Tantric doctrine within Hindu-Buddhist religion

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Year:

2022

Publisher:

Brill City: Boston

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

9067183881

ISBN 13:

9789067183888