Buddhist Heritage of Northern Nepal
Author : Surendra Man Bajracharya
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Page : 324 pages
File Size : 20,9 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Buddhism and culture
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Author : Surendra Man Bajracharya
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 20,9 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Buddhism and culture
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Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 11,28 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Buddhism
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Contributed articles.
Author : Todd T. Lewis
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 15,37 MB
Release : 2000-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791446119
Drawing on textual and anthropological research, this book demonstrates how popular ritual texts and stories have shaped the religion and culture of the only surviving Mahayana Buddhist society, the Newars of Kathmandu.
Author : G K Lama
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,51 MB
Release : 2023-08-05
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ISBN : 9789383221509
Society of Nepal is also discussed in a chapter and finally the contribution of Nepali peoples to the Indian territory is also described with well supported facts.Hope, this book will get love from not only the Nepali people but also by the nature lovers, anthropologists, art-historians and indologists.
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Page : 158 pages
File Size : 46,77 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Buddhism
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Contributed articles.
Author : Niels Gutschow
Publisher : Dom Publishers
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 18,89 MB
Release : 2021-03-25
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ISBN : 9783869227429
For more than two millennia Buddhism shaped the cultures of Central, South, Southeast, and East Asia. Each territory had its own peculiar way of developing representations of the Buddha, the Bodhisattvas, and a variety of guardian deities and saints. Of particular importance is the representation of the Buddha and his teachings in an iconic form in the shape of an impassable building. Called Stupa in Sanskrit, and Chörten in Tibetan, these structures not only characterize the urban space of the Newars in the Kathmandu Valley. They also mark the access to Tibetan villages in northern Nepal, line the trails across high passes, and stud topographically prominent places. By their thousands, they transform wilderness into a landscape that promises shelter, protection, and well-being. 584 maps, architectural drawings, and photographs, produced from 1970 to 2008, document the rich cultural heritage of the Tibetan and Tamang enclaves along the range of the high Himalaya.
Author : Ramesh Dhungel
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Page : 181 pages
File Size : 32,61 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789937524131
Author : Alex R. Furger
Publisher : Librum Publishers & Editors LLC
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,19 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 9783906897066
This book celebrates in words and images the traditional metal crafts practised for over a thousand years by the creators of religious Buddhist statues in Nepal. The skills of these artisans are nurtured with deep respect for tradition, regarding religion, iconography and technology. Wax modellers, mould makers, casters, fire-gilders and chasers are among the specialists of the Newar ethnic group, whose work is characterised to this day by a melding of age-old technology, great skill, religious observance and contemplation. There are numerous books and exhibition catalogues dedicated to Buddhist art and iconography but little was available about the craft of the artists who turn the religious imagery into metal casts. This book fills this gap, with a thoroughly documented and historical account of the development of this "archaic" technology. The well-informed text and comprehensive photographic coverage constitute the only up-to-date account and full documentation of an art that is 1300 years old but dying out: the "ritual" production of Buddhist statues in the lost wax casting technique. The author, Dr. Alex Furger, is an archaeologist who has studied ancient metallurgy and metalworking techniques over the past four decades. He spent twenty-five years at the head of the Roman site of Augusta Raurica and lives in Basel (Switzerland). He is the author of over 130 articles in scientific journals and twelve books in the field of culture history. The fieldwork for this book led him repeatedly to Nepal, where he met and interviewed dozens of craftsmen in their workshops. This book is addressed to readers interested in culture history, travellers to Asia, collectors of statues of Buddha, (avocational) metalworkers, historians of technology, Buddhists, ethnologists, archaeologists, art historians, scholars of Asia and to libraries and museums.
Author : Naresh Man Bajracharya
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Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,92 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
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Author : Nyanang Bhusepa Rinchen DHARLO
Publisher : Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,28 MB
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9387023966
This guidebook highlights multiple stupas, temples and other Buddhist holy sites spread throughout Nepal as told in Sutras and Tantras. I am impressed that a detailed explanation of these holy sites, their principal deities, and historical significance are clearly presented in this work. In particular, this book describes in detail three major Stupas and centuries old historical accounts of the Tibetan Lamas who restored and instilled the gilded copper ornamentation of these hallowed sites. Information otherwise not widely known is also covered in this book such as the fact that the great 5th Dalai Lama granted a stipend for a Stupa caretaker, as well as the fact that the great 13th and 14th Dalai Lamas made contributions towards the major restorations of the revered Swayambunath and Boudhnath Stupas. In addition, there is a particularly well researched section on the temple built by Lichavi King Shiva Deva, the grandfather of Princess Bhrikurti, the Nepalese wife of King Songtsen Gampo. It includes the related history of the arrival of Bhrikuti's father King Udaya Deva to Lhasa for sanctuary and her brother, Narendra Deva's successful return to Nepal, fully supported and led by King Songtsen Gampo and his soldiers. I highly recommend this book, "The Marvelous Music of Narratives.” It is worth reading and indeed is a required companion for all pilgrims, especially those new visitors looking for fuller experience of these sites. Lobsang Shastri, Senior Librarian of Buddhist Digital Resource Center and teacher of Tibetan language in the South Asian Studies Department, Harvard University