About this title: The Stupa is a symbolic form that pullulates throughout South, Southeast and East Asia. In its Indian manifestations it is an extreme case in terms of architectural function: it has no usable interior space and its construction has a basic simplicity. In the 'state of the art' study Adrian Snograss reads the stupa as a cultural artifact. The ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Date Published: 01/06/1992
ISBN-13:9788120807815ISBN:8120807812
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Description: New. 468 pages w/ figure and line drawings, and photo reproductions in the text. Written in 2 parts; Part 1-The Plan. Spatial Configuration, Ritual Demarcation, The Symbolism of Measuring, The Symbolism of the Directions of Space, The Deployment of Space and Sacrifice, The Deployment of Space and the Solar Breath, The Deployment of Space in Iconography, The Stupa Plan as Wheel and Lotus, The Circle and the Square, The Stupa Plan as Mandala, The Sacred Enclosure. Part 2-The Pile. The symbolism ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9788120807815ISBN:8120807812
Description: Hardcover, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition, suitable as a study copy. pp., 1100grams, ISBN: 8120807812. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program Publications
ISBN-13:9780877277002ISBN:0877277001
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program Publications
Date Published: 1985-03-01
ISBN-13:9780877277002ISBN:0877277001
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program Publications
ISBN-13:9780877277002ISBN:0877277001
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