Format:
XIII, 257 S
,
Ill
ISBN:
9789004211223
,
9004211225
Series Statement:
Studies in Asian art and archaeology vol. 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."--Publisher's description
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004223486
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Fontein, Jan, 1927 - 2017 Entering the Dharmadhātu Leiden : BRILL, 2012 ISBN 9789004211223
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Fontein, Jan, 1927 - 2017 Entering the Dharmadhatu Leiden : Brill, 2012 ISBN 9789004223486
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Fontein, Jan, 1927 - 2017 Entering the Dharmadhatu Leiden : Brill, 2012 ISBN 9789004223486
Language:
English
Subjects:
Art History
Keywords:
Borobudur
;
Gaṇḍa-vyūha
;
Relief
;
Java
;
Plastik
