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1 online resource (160 pages) |
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Photographer's Preface; Author's Preface; PART I: History and Archaeology ; Introduction ; Buddhism in India and Beyond; Java and the Javanese; Traders and Pilgrims; Buddhism in Java; The Kings of Ancient Java; Old Javanese Buddhist Texts; Building Borobudur; For the Elite or for the Masses?; Asleep for a Thousand Years; The van Erp Restoration; Indonesia Reclaims Borobudur; Borobudur Today; Archaeology of the Kedu Plain; PART II: Architechture and Symbolism ; Introduction ; Monument With a Message; Architectural History; Borobudur as a Mountain; Borobudur as a Stupa |
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Borobudur as a MandalaThe Buddha Statues; A Vocabulary of Symbols; PART III: The Reliefs; Introduction ; The Mahakarmavibhangga: Visions of Worldly Desire; The Jatakas and Avadanas: Previous Lives of the Buddhas; The Jatakamala ""Birth Stories""; The Avadanas ""Heroic Deeds""; The Lalitavistara: Life of Guatama Buddha; 'The Unfolding of the Play'; The Gandavyuha: Travels of a Young Man in Search of Wisdom; The Story of Sudhana; APPENDIX A: Survey of Javanese Art; APPENDIX B: The World of Mandalas; APPENDIX C: Thunderbolts; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography ; Index |
| Summary |
This book is intended to enhance the enjoyment which one obtains from Borobudur and its reliefs, by describing what is known of the ancient Javanese who built it and of the symbols which they employed to express their conception of man's place in the universe |
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Borobudur (Temple : Magelang, Indonesia)
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| SUBJECT |
Borobudur (Temple : Magelang, Indonesia) fast |
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Buddhist art and symbolism -- Indonesia -- Magelang
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Buddhist art and symbolism
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Indonesia -- Magelang
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781462909100 |
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1462909108 |
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