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Dancing in the Sky of conSciouSneSS

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Dancing in the Sky of conSciouSneSS

The Aesthetics of Power in Medieval Cidambaram

alekSanDra Wenta

inDian inStitute of aDvanceD StuDy raShtrapti nivaS, Shimla

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first published 2018

© indian institute of advanced Study, Shimla all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior permission of the author and the publisher.

iSBn: 978-93-82396-56-7

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Acknowledgements vii

introduction 1

Part 1: Naṭarāja and the Visual Power: The Making of the Cōḻa History

1. Recasting Naṭarāja: Religion, Art, and Politics 39 During the Cōla Dynasty: A Historical Overview

2. constructing the gaze: aesthetic politics of 80

the Cōḻa Kings

Part 2: Naṭarāja and the Textual Power: Scribbling in History’s Margins

3. “Entangled Histories”: Kashmiri Śaiva 121 Encounter with Naṭarāja

4. the Dancer: the playful agent 138

5. Dancing in the Sky of consciousness: 165

construction of the temple-Body in medieval cidambaram

Part 3: Performance as the Cultural Paradigm of Indian Religious and Philosophical Traditions

6. performing Bhakti: from cidambaram 193

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vi • Contents

7. from Spectator to Dancer: performance metaphor 229 and the Quest for knowledge in india

conclusion: the aesthetics of power 269

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