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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809661303321

Autore

Fontein Jan

Titolo

Entering the Dharmadhatu : a study of the Gandavyuha reliefs of Borobudur / / by Jan Fontein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Studies in Asian art and archaeology ; ; v. 26

Disciplina

730.9598/26

730.959826

Soggetti

Buddhist relief (Sculpture) - Indonesia - Magelang - Themes, motives

Bas-relief - Indonesia - Magelang - Themes, motives

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-254) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Bibliographical Notes; Introduction; A Short History of the Identification of the Gandavyūha Reliefs of Borobudur; Textual Variants of the Gandavyūha and the Reliefs of Borobudur; THE GANDAVYŪHA RELIEFS OF BOROBUDUR; 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 BorobudurComments 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

Sommario/riassunto

New identifications of the 460 bas-reliefs of Borobudur illustrating the Gandavy?ha, based upon a comparison with the contents of three early Chinese translations of Sanskrit manuscripts of the text of Central Asian or Indian provenance.