Title The Nepalese caitya : 1500 years of Buddhist votive architecture in the Kathmandu Valley / Niels Gutschow ; with drawings by Bijay Basukala and an essay by David Gellner

Published Stuttgart : Menges, [1997] ©1997

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Description 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 34 cm Series Monograph series / Lumbini International Research Institute ; 1 Monograph series (Lumbini International Research Institute) ; 1 Contents Foreword / David Gellner -- Iconography -- Ritual -- The Great Caityas (Mahacaitya) -- The Licchavicaitya -- The Neo-Licchavicaitya -- The Caturvyuhacaitya -- The monumental caitya -- The Sikharakutacaitya -- The lotus motif -- Structural form and myth -- The Ramyakutagaracaitya -- Caityas with vimsatikona support -- The Padmavalicaitya -- The Jvalavalicaitya -- The Jalharyuparisumerucaitya and Sumerucaitya -- Tibetan caitya types -- Temples with caityas Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-322) and index Subject Architecture, Newari -- Nepal -- Kathmandu Valley. Buddhist art and symbolism -- Nepal -- Kathmandu Valley. Author Gellner, David N. LC no. 98202979 ISBN 3930698757

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