The Power of The Female

Contents Foreword by Kapila Vatsyayan vii Acknowledgement xi List of Photographs xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 A Medical Historical Backdrop Apsaras Imagery froom Sanskrit and Prakrt-Sources 31 3 Apsaras Imagery from Sanskrit and Prakrt Sources 53 4 Weaving the Architectural Fabric: Morphology of Architectural style and Placement of Devangna Sculptures 105 5 Devangana Sculptural Image Study I: Emergence and Evolution of Individual Motif Types 185 6 Devangana Sculptural Inage Study II: Post-Gupta and Medieval Devanganas 271 7 Medieval Western Indian Sculpture: Modeling the Medieval Form and style 357 8 Iconological ans Semiotic Interpretation of the Devangana Motif 377 Appendix 421 Glossary 429 Bibliography 433 Index 445