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Unfolding a Mandala: The Buddhist Cave Temples at Ellora (Suny Series in Bud...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 1993
- ISBN
- 9780791413562
- Book Title
- Unfolding a Mandala : the Buddhist Cave Temples at Ellora
- Book Series
- Suny Series in Buddhist Studies
- Publisher
- STATE University of New York Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Art, Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy
- Topic
- Asian / General, Mysticism, Buddhist, Subjects & Themes / Religious
- Item Weight
- 8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 348 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
STATE University of New York Press
ISBN-10
079141356X
ISBN-13
9780791413562
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27038672053
Product Key Features
Book Title
Unfolding a Mandala : the Buddhist Cave Temples at Ellora
Number of Pages
348 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Asian / General, Mysticism, Buddhist, Subjects & Themes / Religious
Publication Year
1993
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy
Book Series
Suny Series in Buddhist Studies
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
92-008142
Reviews
"This book is a clear, detailed, and technically accomplished contribution to an important area of study: the history of Indian Buddhist iconography. It makes a contribution of great value to the vitally important, and insufficiently analyzed, question of how Buddhist iconography developed in the Deccan. The author offers an analysis of the problems inherent in iconographic identification and of the connections between Ellora and the world of the Deccan in the seventh and eighth centuries. " -- Paul J. Griffiths, University of Chicago
Table Of Content
List of Figures and Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Tirtha and Mandala: The Place, The People, The Gods 2. Buddhist Caves of the First Period: The Beginning of the Mandala 3. Caves of the Middle Period: The Mandala Grows 4. The Late Buddhist Caves: The Mandala Unfolded 5. A Center on the Periphery: Ellora's Place in Buddhist Art Conclusion Appendix A. Relative Chronology of Ellora's Buddhist Caves Notes References Illustrations Index
Synopsis
Ellora is one of the great cave temple sites of India, with thirty-four major Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain monuments of the late sixth to tenth centuries A. D. This book describes the Buddhist caves at Ellora and places them in the context of Buddhist art and iconography. Ellora's twelve Buddhist cave temples, dating from the early seventh to the early eighth centuries, preserve an unparalleled one-hundred-year sequence of architectural and iconographical development. They reveal the evolution of a Buddhist mandala at sites in other regions often considered "peripheral" to the heartland of Buddhism in eastern India. At Ellora, the mandala, ordinarily conceived as a two-dimensional diagram used to focus meditation, is unfolded into the three-dimensional program of the cave temples themselves, enabling devotees to walk through the mandala during worship. The mandala's development at Ellora is explained and its significance is considered for the evolution of Buddhist art and iconography elsewhere in India., Geri H. Malandra is Associate Director of Professional Development and Conference Services, Continuing Education and Extension at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. In addition to her work on the prehistory, history, languages and art of ancient South Asia, she has also pursued research on the prehistory and art of ancient Iran and on Sumerian and ancient Near Eastern economic texts.
LC Classification Number
N8193.3.T36I46 1993
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