Chorten in Nepal: architecture and Buddhist votive practice in the Himalaya in Dhading-Rasuwa, Dolpo, Humla, Manang, Mustang, Sindhupalcok-Dolakha

Gutschow, Niels

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 St...

Series: Himalayan Traditions and Culture Sr.; 16

Publisher: DOM Publishers

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