Science and Golden Ratios in Mandala Architecture - Tapa dura

Science and Golden Ratios in Mandala Architecture

48 Colour and b/w photographs Ilustrador. Contents Preface World of Mandalas Introduction I The Basics of the Mandala 1 The Central Axis of the Temple 2 The Purpose Structure and Meaning of a Mandala 3 Wave Pattern in a Mandala 4 Graphic Symbols and Geometric Patterns of the Mandala 5 Lotus Bud and the Koshas -- the Sheaths Enveloping the Soul 6 Lotus Designs 7 Shape of Lotus Petals 8 Pancayatana and Bhadra Mandalas 9 Kirtimukha The Face of Glory 10 Number Symbolism 11 Fractals An Interpretation and Representation 12 Iconographic Representation of Pancabhutas the Five Elements II The Structure Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives of Mandalas in Temples 1 Laws of Motion in the Svastika Mandala of Badami Cave 2 The Dissolution of the Universe - The Crunch in the Matsya Mandala of Badami Cave No 2 3 The Source of Energy Naga Mandala at the Badami Cave 4 Mandala of the Cosmic bi-unity at the Somanathpur Temple 5 Rhythm of Life in the Mandala of Keshava Temple Somanathpur 6 The Birth of the Universe in the Mandala of Belavadi Viranarayana Temple 7 The Astronomical Time Cycles of Ancient Hindu Philosophy in the Mandala of Belavadi Viranarayana Temple 8 Manifestation of Sound in the Mandala of Virabhadra Temple Keladi 9 The Power of Light in the Mandala at Belur Cennakeshava Temple 10 Mandalas in Square Grids 11 The Significance of the Astadikpala Mandala at Marale Siddheshvara Temple 12 Mandala of Square Grids in Marale Siddeshvara Temple III Golden Ratios in Mandalas And their Application in Hindu Divine Sculptures 1Golden Ratios and Geometry in the Mandala of Ittagi Mahadeva Temple 2 Golden Ratios in the Mandala of the Hoysaleshvara Temple at Halebid 3 Application of Golden Rectangles in the Hindu Divine Sculpture of Tirupati Venkateshvara 4 Golden Ratios in the Nataraja Sculpture of Cidambaram 5 Divine Proportions Golden Ratios in the Sculpture of Gommateshvara at Sharavanabelgola 6 Golden Ratios in the Buddha Image at Saranath Epilogue Illustrations Glossary List of illustrations Bibliography IndexIndian temples are a rich repository of the religious cultural and artistic life of the society Of special importance here are the circular intricate and artistic patterns called the mandalas which are placed in the Bhuvaneshvari of the temple that is conceived as the microcosmic representation of the cosmos in a templeThe study of the significance of the mandalas are based on the aspects like symbolism fractals numerology and sacred geometry that are used as codes to reveal the mystery of the universe and the eternal laws that govern the order of the universe The diagrams of mandalas concealing vast and grandest knowledge of science and spirituality in an amalgamation are condensed to simplest graphic designs so that the knowledge of science was accessible to the commoners The study presents the structural philosophical and scientific perspectives of some mandalas belonging to the early Calukya late Calukya and the Hoysala temples of south India The research work also explores the study of the Golden ratios on which the mandalas and the divine images of the temples are designedThe book will prove extremely absorbing to scholars concerned with the study of the art and architecture of the ancient divine sculptures jacket. Nº de ref. del artículo: 98194

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