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A good reason why people writing about India/Indian history/Indian arts/sciences should know Indian languages!
Is there any reason to believe this hypothesis?

Is there any record where such restrictions really existed in major temples?

(Krishneshvara referred to here is the Ellora Kailasanatha temple)

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There is quite a bit of difference between a work of grammar and a work of poetics.

#Kavirajamarga #Amoghavarsha #AKST Image
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Aha ;-) Whata flowery language. #justsaying Image
I wonder who the audience for the book are. "loud rituals", "pouring clarified butter into flames" "pecking order" "political power".hmm.
Such rituals exist even today-political or non political, including clarified butter or not. Suffice to say nothing specific to Kings. #AKST Image
Wonder if the writer has seen anything abt temples of Talakadu, hundreds of years before Chalukyas.
If temporary altars are expensive & difficult undertakings even for kings, were structural and permanent temples a cheaper alternative? Need comnon sense before writing!
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Indeed the #rAShTrakUTa king #dantidurga aka #dantivarman II, had #vairamegha or vajramegha as one of his titles.

wisdomlib.org/definition/vai…

Reference to him & this title occurs in the nAlAyira divyaprabandham! tirumangai AZwAr in his tiruvantAdi 2-8-10

See verse in next tweet
#tirumangai AZwAr

மன்னவன் தொண்டையர் கோன் வணங்கும் நீள் முடி மாலை வயிரமேகன்
தன் வலி தன் புகழ் சூழ்ந்த கச்சி அட்டபுயகரத்து ஆதி தன்னை
கன்னி நன் மா மதிள் மங்கை வேந்தன் காமரு சீர்க் கலிகன்றி குன்றா
இன்னிசையால் சொன்ன செஞ்சொல் மாலை ஏத்த வல்லார்க்கு இடம் வைகுந்தமே
2-8-10
#vairamEga
The above verse by #tirumangai AZwAr is on aShTabhujakara viShNu in #kAncipuram

The very 1st line mentions #vairamegha

மன்னவன் தொண்டையர் கோன் வணங்கும் நீள் முடி மாலை வயிரமேகன்

mannavan toṇḍaiyarkōn vaṇaṅgum nīḷmuḍi mālai vayiramēgan

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtabuja…

#vajramEgha
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1232 Yrs old Architectural Marvelous - Kashi Vishvanath Temple, Pattadakal #Karnataka Rastakuta Dynasty.

The friezes in this Hindu temple display various Vedic concepts, stories frm Epic Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavata, Panchatantra & Kirātārjunīya.
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