In:
Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, PERSEE Program, Vol. 101, No. 1 ( 2015), p. 91-116
Abstract:
Although it may seem that art historians working on the Buddhist murals of Bagan have exhausted all possible avenues for research on the narrative content, organization, and distribution of the panels in the temples, this paper proposes a new line of inquiry. We begin with the search for possible influences which contributed to the introduction of images of hell as part of a Three-World cosmology in a small temple in Bagan, and go on to place these images in the context of transregional interactions. This paper shows that depictions of hell (nga yei/ naraka/ niraya) arose either as an independent concept or as part of a Three-World cosmology produced via a complex process which reflects the multifaceted interconnections between independent local development and external influences from countries beyond Myanmar and Thailand.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0336-1519
DOI:
10.3406/befeo.2015.6210
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
2015
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2163625-4
SSG:
0
SSG:
6,24
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