| Description |
442 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm |
| Series |
Etudes thématiques, 1269-8067 ; 12 |
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Études thématiques ; 12
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| Contents |
Indian Buddhist monasteries / Pierre Pichard -- The Buddhist monastic architectural tradition of Sri Lanka / Ashley de Vos -- Ancient Burmese monasteries / Pierre Pichard -- The monastic unity: a contemporary Burmese artefact? / François Robinne -- The Thai monastery / Pierre Pichard -- Monastic architecture in Northeastern Thailand / Thada Sutthitham -- Isan sims: ordination halls in Northeast Thailand / Wiroj Srisuro -- Devotional diversification in Thai monasteries: the worship of the Fat Monk / François Lagirarde -- A new phenomenon in thai monasteries: the stūpa-museum / Louis Gabaude -- The earliest Lao Buddhist monasteries according to philological and epigraphic sources / Michel Lorillard -- Yaśovarman's āśrama in Angkor / Christopher Pottier -- About Khmer monasteries: organization and symbolism / Olivier de Bernon -- Hiraṇyavarṇa Mahāvihāra: a unique Newar Buddhist monastery / Min Bahadur Shakya -- The monasteries in Dolpo, North-West Nepal. From the Monastery to the Village Temple: a historical perspective / Corneille Jest -- Dzongs and Gompas in Bhutan / Karma Wangchuk -- Buddhist monasteries in Tibet / Françoise Pommaret -- The physical Buddhist monastery in China / Isabelle Charleux and Vincent Goossaert -- Buddhist monasteries in Southern Mongolia (China) / Isabelle Charleux -- Buddhist monasteries in Korea / Dong-Uk Kim -- The formation and evolution of Buddhist monasteries in Japan / Hiraoka Jokaī |
| Summary |
This volume is a comparative survey of the Buddhist monastery throughout Asia. It includes field surveys, historical aspects and the compilation of bibliographies |
| Notes |
Based on presentations at a workshop at the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, Bangkok, Nov. 8-10, 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Buddhist monasteries -- Asia.
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Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- Asia.
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Buddhist architecture -- Asia.
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Buddhism -- Asia -- Customs and practices.
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Buddhist temples -- Asia.
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Buddhist monasteries.
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| Author |
Pichard, Pierre.
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Lagirarde, F. (François)
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Sūn Manutsayawitthayā Sirinthō̜n (Thailand)
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| LC no. |
2006382480 |
| ISBN |
2855396263 paperback |
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