UID:
almahu_9949703101502882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9789004223486
Series Statement:
Studies in Asian art and archaeology ; v. 26
Content:
The Gandavyūha , a sacred text of Mahāyāna Buddhism, is an allegorical tale of the pilgrimage of a youth named Sudhana, who visits fifty-three spiritual mentors to receive their instruction in the Conduct of the Bodhisattva. His miraculous journey on the path towards Enlightenment inspired the sculptors of Borobudur (9th century C.E.) to illustrate the tale in 460 bas-reliefs on the higher galleries of this great Javanese monument. During the 1920s N.J. Krom and F.D.K. Bosch identified many of the panels, but most of their findings, written in Dutch, remained unnoticed. Entering the Dharmadhātu compares the complete set of panels with three early Chinese translations of Central Asian and Indian Sanskrit manuscripts of the Gandavyūha . This first identification of the entire series in English concludes with a discussion of the new perspectives on the meaning, symbolism, and architecture of Borobudur that a reading of the Gandavyūha suggests.
Note:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Second Gallery, Main Wall: Prologue (II-1-II-15) -- Second Gallery, Main Wall: Pilgrimage, First Series (II-16-II-72) -- Second Gallery, Main Wall: The Pilgrimage, Second Series (II-73-II-128) -- Third Gallery, Main Wall (III-1-III-88) -- Third Gallery, Balustrade (IIIB-1-IIIB-88) -- Fourth Gallery, Balustrade (IVB-1-IVB-84) -- The Gandavyūha: Text and Image at Borobudur -- Comments on the Reliefs of the Second Gallery, Main Wall -- Comments on the Reliefs of the Third Gallery and the Fourth Balustrade -- Fourth Gallery Main Wall: The Bhadracarī Reliefs (IV-1-IV-88) -- Comments on the Bhadracarī Reliefs -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Note on the Reliefs of the Second Balustrade -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Entering the Dharmadhātu: A Study of the Gandavyūha Reliefs of Borobudur Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2012, ISBN 9789004211223
Language:
English
