Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Elephanta Caves' has mentioned 'Hindu' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| The island, about 2 kilometres (1.2xc2xa0mi) west of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, consists of five Hindu caves and a few Buddhist stupa mounds that date back to the 2nd century BCE,[4][2][5] as well as a small group of two Buddhist caves with water tanks. | WIKI |
| The Elephanta Caves contain rock cut stone sculptures that show syncretism of Hindu and Buddhist ideas and iconography. | WIKI |
| [2] The carvings narrate Hindu mythologies, with the large monolithic 20 feet (6.1xc2xa0m) Trimurti Sadashiva (three-faced Shiva), Nataraja (Lord of dance) and Yogishvara (Lord of Yoga) being the most celebrated. | WIKI |
| These date them between 5th and 9th century, and attribute them to various Hindu dynasties. | WIKI |
| The main cave (Cave 1, or the Great Cave) was a Hindu place of worship until the Portuguese arrived, whereupon the island ceased to be an active place of worship. | WIKI |
| The ancient history of the island is unknown in either Hindu or Buddhist records. | WIKI |
| [3][10] The dating to a mid 6th century completion and it being a predominantly Shiva monument built by a Hindu Kalachuri king is based on numismatic evidence, inscriptions, construction style and better dating of other Deccan cave temples including the Ajanta Caves, and the more firm dating of Dandin's Dasakumaracarita. | WIKI |
| According to Charles Collins, the significance of the Elephanta Caves is better understood by studying them in the context of ancient and early medieval Hindu literature, as well as in the context of other Buddhist, Hindu and Jain cave temples on the subcontinent. | WIKI |
| [23][24] The panels and artwork express through their eclecticism, flux and motion the influence of Vedic and post-Vedic religious thought on Hindu culture in mid 1st millennium CE. | WIKI |
| The Elephanta caves re-emerged as a center of Hindu worship, and according to British administration records, the government charged the pilgrims a temple tax at least since 1872. | WIKI |
| The larger group of caves, which consists of five caves on the western hill of the island, is well known for its Hindu sculptures. | WIKI |
| The linga shrine is surrounded by a mandapa and circumambulation path (pradakshina-patha) as in other Hindu temples. | WIKI |
| It represents the ancient Hindu concept of essential interdependence of the feminine and the masculine aspects in the universe, for its creation, its sustenance and its destruction. | WIKI |
| [56] Parvati is seen standing to Shiva's right, the customary place for a Hindu bride at the wedding. | WIKI |
| The carvings are substantially damaged, but the ruined remains of the sculpture have been significant to scholarly studies of Hindu literature. | WIKI |
| The other characters shown in the wedding carry items or are shown holding items that typically grace a Hindu wedding. | WIKI |
| In some ways, the yogi artwork shown in this Hindu cave are similar to those found in Buddhist caves, but there are differences. | WIKI |
| Yogi Shiva, or Lakulisa, wears a crown here, his chest is shown vaulting forward as if in breathing exercises found in Hindu yoga texts, the face and body expresses different energy. | WIKI |
| Another theory by some scholars such as Moti Chandra suggests that the island once had open-air structural Hindu temples in addition to the caves, but these were the first victims of art destruction. | WIKI |
| Hindu spiritualistic beliefs and symbology are finely utilized in the overall planning of the caves. | UNESCO |