Minor Majesties
The Paluvēṭṭaraiyars and Their South Indian Kingdom of Paluvūr, 9th-11th centuries A.D.
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 10 February 2025
- ISBN 9780197757710
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages408 pages
- Size 237x163x24 mm
- Weight 712 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 128 illustrations 578
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Short description:
Minor Majesties studies the small ancient kingdom of Paluv--r, active between the ninth and the eleventh centuries C.E. in the modern South-Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Author Val--rie Gillet extensively surveys four temples dedicated to the god --iva that were built during this period, combining in-depth analyses of their materiality, their location, and their epigraphy. Through these, Gillet provides a better understanding of the complexities related to temple sponsorship, organisation, and functioning as well as how these religious monuments became a place for the fabrication of political discourses and powers, specific social configurations, and religious practices.
MoreLong description:
Minor Majesties studies the small ancient kingdom of Paluv--r, a town located on the northern bank of the K--v--ri river, about 30 kilometers north of Tanjavur. Between the ninth and the eleventh centuries C.E., Paluv--r was the capital of the dynasty of the Paluv--------araiyars, a minor dynasty of "little kings" who swore allegiance to the C--la dynasty. Today, Paluv--r is divided in two distinct villages, K--lappaluv--r and M--lappaluv--r, and four temples dedicated to the god --iva built during the reign of the little kings remain standing. In Minor Majesties, author Val--rie Gillet surveys, translates, and analyzes 136 Tamil transcriptions spread across these temples, scrutinizing in depth each one's materiality, location, and epigraphy for the first time.
Through these analyses, Gillet brings forth a better understanding of the functioning of the minor dynasty of the Paluv--------araiyars whose little kings often appear in the inscriptions of the temples, as well as the interactions between the temples and their patronizing communities. The small size of Paluv--r with its hub of still-standing monuments permits an exceptionally clear overview of the possible relations between distinct temples, allowing readers to unpick complexities related to temple sponsorship, organisation, and functioning. The study of Paluv--r also reveals how these religious monuments-accruing wealth but, in exchange, enabling donors to accrue merit and power-became a place for the fabrication of political discourses and powers, specific social configurations, and religious practices.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Note on the Transliteration of Tamil Words
Abbreviations
Maps, Plans, and Figures
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: A Tentative Biography of the Paluvettaraiyars
CHAPTER 2. The Avanikantarpa / Avanigandharva Isvaragrham Mahadeva Temple Complex (AIM) of Avanikantarpapuram / Avanigandharvapuram
CHAPTER 3. The Pakaivitai Isvaragrham Mahadeva Temple (PIM) and the Tiruttorramutaiyar of Mannupperumpaluvur
CHAPTER 4. The Tiruvalanturai Mahadeva Temple of Cirupaluvur
CHAPTER 5. The Maravanisvaragrhattu Mahadeva of Cirupaluvur
CONCLUSION. The Configuration of Social and Political Powers of Paluvur Through Its Religious Centres
Appendix 1. The Epigraphical Corpus of Paluvur
Appendix 2. The Paluvettaraiyars in Inscriptions Outside Paluvur
Appendix 3. Hymn 2.34 of the Tevaram by Campantar, Dedicated to Paluvur
Appendix 4. Photographs of Paluvur
Bibliography
Index
