Jagannatha and the Gajapati Kings of Orissa

Dash, Gaganendra Nath [Hrsg.]:
Jagannatha and the Gajapati Kings of Orissa : a compendium of late medieval texts (Rajabhog, Sevakarmani, Deshakhanja and other minor texts) / ed. by Gaganendra Nath Dash, in collaboration with Ranjan Kumar Das. - New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2010. - xl, 189 S. - (Studies in Orissan Society, Culture and History ; 12)
ISBN 978-81-7304-880-7
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Beschreibung
Lord Jagannatha of Puri, one of most famous Hindu deities, was the rashtra-devata of Orissa in the medieval period and became a symbol of Oriya identity in modern times. The erstwhile imperial Gajapati Kings of Orissa and their successors, the Khurda Rajas, enjoyed special privileges in the cult as adya-sevaka or `first servant' of Jagannatha and even controlled it to a certain extent.
   The present work consists of a comprehensive palm-leaf manuscript combining several originally separate Oriya texts of the fifteenth/sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, compiled by the Deula Karanas, the temple scribes of Puri, in the late eighteenth or the early nineteenth century. They provide firsthand and most authoritative information on land endowments to religious shrines throughout the medieval Orissan period, on rituals and duties of priests and temple servitors and, most important, on legendary and various historical and cultural events during the reign of the Gajapatis.
   The present compendium is a unique source for the study of the cult of Jagannatha and the culture and history of pre-colonial Orissa. Coming to light for the first time, it may be regarded as the most important study of its genre after the publication of Puri's temple chronicle, the Madala Panji, by A. B. Mohanty in 1940. [Vom Buchumschlag]

Inhalt
Introduction
I
I.A. Indradyumna Legend
I.B. Rajabhoga and Khanja
   I.B.1. Preliminary
   I.B.2. Jajati (Yayati)
   I.B.3. Kesari Dynasty
   I.B.4. Ganga Dynasty
   I.B.5. Accounts of Anangabhima
      i. Construction of the Temple
      ii. Daily Worship and Food Offerings
      iii. Royal Grants (Land, Gold, Silver, etc.)
I.C. Deshakhanja
I.D. Sevakarmani
   I.D.1. Sevakas
   I.D.2. Ritual Duties of Sevakas
I.E. Vanayaga and Consecration of Images
   I.E.1. Vanayaga
   I.E.2. Consecration of Images
II. ACCOUNTS OF KSHETRAS
II.A. Konarka(Arka Kshetra)
II.B. Bhubaneswara (Ekamra Kshetra)
II.C. Biraja Kshetra
II.D. Sri Purusottama Kshetra
III. RAJA BHOGA

Herausgegeber
GAGANENDRA NATH DASH studied at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, Orissa and Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, He worked at Utkal, Visva-Bharati and Berhampur Universities in different capacities and retired as Professor from the Departments of Oriya and Linguistics from Berhampur University. He was a Member (and for sometime Field Director) of the Orissa Research Project I (1970-75) sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and as such collaborated with Hermann Kulke to compile the Orissa Bibliography. Besides, he has several books and research papers, both in Oriya and English, to his credit.

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