The Hindu pañcāyatanapūjā in the aniconism spectrum

The Hindu pañcāyatanapūjā is the worship of five deities that can be in the form of five stones collected from various locations in South Asia. Each of these stones has visual properties which form points of reference to the iconography of the same gods’ anthropomorphic forms. And although the ritua...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Aktor, Mikael 1949- (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Εκτύπωση Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Έκδοση: [2017]
Στο/Στη: Religion
Έτος: 2017, Τόμος: 47, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 503-519
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών:B Pāñcāyatana-Pūjā / Λατρευτική πέτρα / Bilderverbot / Εικονικότητα / Ανθρωπομορφισμός
Σημειογραφίες IxTheo:AG Θρησκευτική ζωή, Υλική θρησκεία
BK Ινδουισμός, Τζαϊνισμός, Σικχισμός
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Aniconism
B Material Religion
B visual religion
B iconism
B Smārtism
B Hinduism
B Anthropomorphism
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Σύνοψη:The Hindu pañcāyatanapūjā is the worship of five deities that can be in the form of five stones collected from various locations in South Asia. Each of these stones has visual properties which form points of reference to the iconography of the same gods’ anthropomorphic forms. And although the ritual use of these five stones is a clear example of an aniconic cult, their worship evokes anthropopathic properties and, depending on the specific context, anthropomorphic visual characteristics. These visual links and ritual movements between the aniconic, the anthropopathic, and the anthropomorphic are examples of a general fluidity that is characteristic of much of the material that has been described as ‘aniconic.’ Different categories of aniconic religious objects are therefore best understood within a spectrum that encompasses aniconic and figural, as well as theriomorphic and anthropomorphic, properties. The article attempts to situate aniconism within such a wider spectrum of representational options.
Φυσική περιγραφή:5 Illustrationen
ISSN:0048-721X
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Religion