Spirits in Transcultural Skies Auspicious and Protective Spirits in
The volume investigates the visualization of both ritual and decorative aspects of auspiciousness and protection in the form of celestial characters in art and architecture. In doing so, it covers more than two and a half millennia and a broad geographica
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Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context
Series Editors: Madeleine Herren Thomas Maissen Joseph Maran Axel Michaels Barbara Mittler
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8753
Niels Gutschow • Katharina Weiler Editors
Spirits in Transcultural Skies Auspicious and Protective Spirits in Artefacts and Architecture Between East and West
Editors Niels Gutschow Cultural and Religious History of South Asia South Asia Institute Heidelberg University Heidelberg, Germany
Katharina Weiler Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” Karl Jaspers Centre for Advanced Transcultural Studies Heidelberg University Heidelberg, Germany
ISSN 2191-656X ISSN 2191-6578 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-11631-0 ISBN 978-3-319-11632-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-11632-7 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014956659 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Cover illustration: The cover illustration is a detail from a drawing of the uppermost panel of a trefoil central window in the Hindu monastic institution Kuthumath in Bhaktapur, Nepal, which was established ˙ flank the window of the eastern wing. The in 1749. The detail shows one of two garland bearers that figure is a representat
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