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Following the Cap-Figure in Majapahit Temple Reliefs (Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land): A New Look at the Religious … Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: 280
Author(s): Lydia Kieven (Author)
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 18 July 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 416 pages
- ISBN-10: 9067183881
- ISBN-13: 9789067183888
Book Description
This publication provides a new understanding of the religious function of the East Javanese temples. The study of the cap-figures and their symbolism yields an outstanding contribution to the uniqueness of Majapahit culture.
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About the Author
Lydia Kieven, born 1956, was awarded the degree of PhD by the University of Sydney. She has been studying East Javanese temple reliefs for nearly twenty years. She is co-author, with Ann Kinney, of Worshiping Siwa and Buddha (2003). At present she teaches at the department of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Frankfurt.
