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020			_a9780226835273 _q(cloth)
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050	0	0	_aBL1225.V49 _bN37 2024
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100	1		_aNarayan, Kirin, _eauthor. _931435
245	1	0	_aCave of my ancestors : _bVishwakarma and the artisans of Ellora / _cKirin Narayan.
263			_a2409
264		1	_aChicago : _bThe University of Chicago Press, _c2024.
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aJoining Palms at Ellora -- Names and Speculations -- The Cave, Code and Cord of Vishwakarma -- The Carpenters' "Hut" -- Shadows of Makers -- Surpassing Humane Force -- Communing with Ancestors -- As Regards the Cultural Migrations of Artisans -- The Debt to Gods and Ancestors -- The Pride of the Vishwakarma Lineage -- Open Sesame! -- The Resident of Ellora -- Via-Via -- Ila the Serpent Maiden -- From Mantras to Tools -- An Injured Finger and Other Tokens of "Proof" -- Forms in Flux -- Vestiges of Worship -- Transformations through Water -- Locating the Goddess -- On the Move -- Hands inside Hands.
520			_a"As a little girl in Bombay, Kirin Narayan was enchanted by the stories her father would tell about the ancient, rock-cut cave temples at Ellora, which he claimed had been made by their ancestors. Over the course of her life, Narayan never forgot those stories, and she eventually came to be interested in learning more about the caves, and, specifically, the Vishwakarma cave temple, named after the Hindu craftsman deity. Immersing herself in work by archaeologists, art historians, Buddhologists, Indologists, and Sanskritists, Narayan set out to answer the question of how this cave, which contains the figure of the Buddha flanked by two smaller Bodhisattvas, came to be venerated as the "Vishwakarma cave." The resulting book, Cave of My Ancestors, represents the perfect marriage of Narayan's gift for research and gift for writing. It is at once a work of scholarship, a detective story, and a memoir, ably leading us as readers through centuries of history, reflecting on the marvels of making, and offering a sensitive meditation on devotion, wonder, and all that connects us to place, family, the past, and the divine"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aViśvakarman (Hindu deity) _931436
651		0	_aEllora Caves (India) _931437
985			_aICUCIP _d2024-02-01
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