Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. A Few People Who Reappear through This Book ix
4. A Note on Transcription xiii
5. Joining Palms at Ellora 1
6. Part I. Names and Speculations
7. Image 11
8. 1. The Cave, Code and Cord of Vishwakarma 13
9. 2. The Carpenter’s “Hut” 27
10. 3. Shadows of Makers 43
11. 4. Surpassing Humane Force 57
12. Part II. Communing with Ancestors
13. Image 67
14. 5. As Regards the Cultural Migrations of Artisans 69
15. 6. The Debt to Gods and Ancestors 83
16. 7. The Pride of the Vishwakarma Lineage 97
17. 8. Open Sesame! 109
18. Part III. The Resident of Ellora
19. Image 121
20. 9. Via-Via 123
21. 10. Ila the Serpent Maiden 135
22. 11. From Mantras to Tools 149
23. 12. An Injured Finger and Other Tokens of “Proof” 165
24. Part IV. Forms in Flux
25. Image 179
26. 13. Vestiges of Worship 181
27. 14. Transformations through Water 195
28. 15. Locating the Goddess 209
29. 16. On the Move 223
30. Hands inside Hands 235
31. Acknowledgments 249
32. Maps 251
33. Notes 255
34. Bibliography 273
35. Index 281