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Stūpa and Its Technology

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Author : Pema Dorjee
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120813014
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Stūpa and Its Technology written by Pema Dorjee and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among all the religious monuments of the world, the stupa has the longest uninterrupted historical development. Though modelled after the Indian prototype, the stupa architecture was developed in all the countries where Buddhism had flourished. Over time, the structural shape of the stupa underwent significant modifications in India and the other Asian Buddhist countries.The present study shows how Tibet became a treasure house of Buddhist culture and literature--highlighting important texts dealing with stupa architecture. Various ritual activities associated with the construction of the stupa are described along with the eight fundamental types of Tibeto-Buddhist stupas and their main structural components. A survey of the stupas found in the upper Indus Valley in the Leh region of Ladakh shows their similarity to the Tibeto-Buddhist tradition. The value of the book is enhanced by an appendix with English translation of four important Tibetan texts preceded by transliteration.This monograph is the first in the new sub-series of the IGNCA on the Buddhist stupas, which would not be restricted to India alone. It is hoped that such studies will enable the art-historians and archaeologists to understand this important structural form in totality in relation to its wide geographical spread and the distinctive features of particular developments in different countries.

The Symbolism of the Stupa

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Author : Adrian Snodgrass
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501718967
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Symbolism of the Stupa written by Adrian Snodgrass and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A close analysis of the architecture of the stupa—a Buddhist symbolic form that is found throughout South, Southeast, and East Asia. The author, who trained as an architect, examines both the physical and metaphysical levels of these buildings, which derive their meaning and significance from Buddhist and Brahmanist influences.

The Story of the Stūpa

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Author : Albert Henry Longhurst
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
ISBN 13 : 9788120601604
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Stūpa written by Albert Henry Longhurst and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1992 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Umbrella As A Symbol Of Religious Sovereignty; The Evolution Of Stupa; Kerala Architecture And Himalayan Architecture.

Buddhist Stupas in Asia

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Author : Bill Wassman
Publisher : Lonely Planet
ISBN 13 : 9781864501209
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Stupas in Asia written by Bill Wassman and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2001 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographic study of the Buddhist stupas - domed edifices housing Buddhist or Jain relics. The stupa is the living embodiment of Buddhist teachings - 'a sermon in stone brick and mortar' - and is one of the oldest and most persistent religious symbols still in everyday use. The photos are accompanied by a narration that explains the symbolism, rituals and mystic power associated with these monuments, from their origins in India and their migration throughout Asia, covering 11 countries from Sri Lanka to Japan. Foreword by Robert A F Thurman, the first Westerner to be ordained a Tibetan Buddhist monk by the Dalai Lama and president of Tibet House in New York. Includes full colour throughout, transparent overlays, glossary and index. Author has a master's degree in Asian art history and has contributed to more than 35 guidebooks and phrase books. Wassman has been photographing Asia since 1975 and has been awarded the PATA Gold Award for his work in Nepal.

The Symbolism of the Stupa

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Author : Adrian Snodgrass
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120807815
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Symbolism of the Stupa written by Adrian Snodgrass and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1992 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his preface to The Symbolism of the Stupa Prof. Craig Reynolds writes "The stupa is a symbolic form that pullulates throghout south southeast and East Asia. In its Indian manifestations it is an extreme case in terms of architectural function: it has no usable has a basic simplicity. In this state of the art studt Adrian Snodrass reads the stupa as a cultural artifact. The mounment concretizes metaphysical principles and generates multivalent meanings in ways that can be articulated with lite

Stupa and Swastika

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Author : Mohan Pant
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9789971693725
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Stupa and Swastika written by Mohan Pant and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stupa and Swastika examines urban structures in the city of Patan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. The religious architecture and overall design of the city illustrate the connection between Buddhist symbolism and South Asian concepts of urban design in the Indus Valley, and suggest links with Southeast Asia. -- Back cover.

The Symbolism of the Stupa

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Author : Adrian Snodgrass
Publisher : SEAP Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780877277002
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Symbolism of the Stupa written by Adrian Snodgrass and published by SEAP Publications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A close analysis of the architecture of the stupa--a Buddhist symbolic form that is found throughout South, Southeast, and East Asia. The author, who trained as an architect, examines both the physical and metaphysical levels of these buildings, which derive their meaning and significance from Buddhist and Brahmanist influences.

The Stûpa of Bharhut

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Author : Sir Alexander Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Stûpa of Bharhut written by Sir Alexander Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Making and Symbolism of Paharpur Stupa

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Author : Faruque Hasan
Publisher : Faruque Hasan
ISBN 13 : 1445705184
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book The Making and Symbolism of Paharpur Stupa written by Faruque Hasan and published by Faruque Hasan. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Paharpur Stupa belonged to the Vajrayana sect of Buddhism, now an extinct sect. Vajrayana or Diamond Vehicle was a tantric or esoteric sect. It was an offshoot of the Mahayana Buddhism. The huge tantric stupa stands in the middle of the inner courtyard of the Paharpur Mahavihara - the Great Monastery of Paharpur. The Mahavihara, a world heritage, is the largest Buddhist Monastery in the world in terms of acreage. The Mahavihara, along with its stupa, was built with baked bricks laid in mud mortar in between the years of 770-810 AD. Every part of the colossal and intricate Paharpur Stupa symbolizes one or the other of the Buddhist concepts about the life and the universe. The three-tier Paharpur Stupa also contains a temple in it. Thus it can be said that it is a stupa-temple. Now a ruin, still it stands about 23 meters tall on the ground.

Evolution of Stupas in Burma

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Author : Sujata Soni
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120806269
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Evolution of Stupas in Burma written by Sujata Soni and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1991 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is the outcome of painstaking research on the evolution of stupas in Burma, Pagan Period, 11th to 13th centuries a.d. Burma known as the land of pagodas is nowhere so rich in the number of pagodas as in Pagan. The stupendous vastness of the ruins reminiscent of the glory that was of Pagan in its heyday inspired this study. The evolution traced back to the beginning of the stupa structure in India, deals with the various architectural phases (duly illustrated) it passed through ending with the final stage in the Rhwedagum Pagoda in Rangoon (Burma). Apart from the material side of the study, there is the need of looking into the aesthetic and spiritual side of the evolution. That religious architecture is a barometer of the material prosperity and social outlook of the people, besides being the handmaid of the spiritual aspirations of the devotees, is amply discernible in this study. The value of the art survey in this work is further enhanced by the inclusion of over 138 photographs. Moreover, besides the magnificent Pagan art, it gives a comparative view of the religious architectual development in the Asian countries contemporaneous with the Pagan Period.

Stupa

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Author : Gustav Roth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stupa written by Gustav Roth and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Stupa

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Author : Elizabeth Cook
Publisher : Dharma Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Stupa written by Elizabeth Cook and published by Dharma Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensively illustrated volume tracing the development of the stupa, sacred symbol of enlightenment, from the time of the Buddha onwards. Over 200 color photographs show stupas in China, India, Japan, Korea, Bhutan, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Central Asia, Souteast Asia, and the United States. History of the eight places of Buddhist pilgrimage, the major forms of the stupa and their significance. Excerpts from traditional texts.

Silk, Slaves, and Stupas

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Author : Susan Whitfield
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520957660
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Silk, Slaves, and Stupas written by Susan Whitfield and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following her bestselling Life Along the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield widens her exploration of the great cultural highway with a new captivating portrait focusing on material things. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas tells the stories of ten very different objects, considering their interaction with the peoples and cultures of the Silk Road—those who made them, carried them, received them, used them, sold them, worshipped them, and, in more recent times, bought them, conserved them, and curated them. From a delicate pair of earrings from a steppe tomb to a massive stupa deep in Central Asia, a hoard of Kushan coins stored in an Ethiopian monastery to a Hellenistic glass bowl from a southern Chinese tomb, and a fragment of Byzantine silk wrapping the bones of a French saint to a Bactrian ewer depicting episodes from the Trojan War, these objects show us something of the cultural diversity and interaction along these trading routes of Afro-Eurasia. Exploring the labor, tools, materials, and rituals behind these various objects, Whitfield infuses her narrative with delightful details as the objects journey through time, space, and meaning. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas is a lively, visual, and tangible way to understand the Silk Road and the cultural, economic, and technical changes of the late antique and medieval worlds.

Notes on the Amarāvati Stūpa

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Author : James Burgess
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notes on the Amarāvati Stūpa written by James Burgess and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Middle Land, Middle Way

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Author : Shravasti Dhammika
Publisher : Buddhist Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 9552401976
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Middle Land, Middle Way written by Shravasti Dhammika and published by Buddhist Publication Society. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guidebook to the places in India made sacred by the Buddha’s presence. Beginning with an inspiring account of Buddhist pilgrimage, the author then covers sixteen places in detail. With maps and colour photos, an essential companion for pilgrim and traveler.

The Legend of the Great Stupa

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Author : Padma Sambhava
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legend of the Great Stupa written by Padma Sambhava and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Buddha Gaya, the Heremitage of Sakya Muni

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Author : Mitra Rajendralula
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Buddha Gaya, the Heremitage of Sakya Muni written by Mitra Rajendralula and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: