The Nepalese caitya : 1500 years of Buddhist votive architecture in the Kathmandu Valley / Niels Gutschow ; with drawings by Bijay Basukala and an essay by David Gellner.

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Gutschow, Niels.

Title & Author:

The Nepalese caitya : 1500 years of Buddhist votive architecture in the Kathmandu Valley / Niels Gutschow ; with drawings by Bijay Basukala and an essay by David Gellner.

Publication:

Description:

328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 34 cm.

Series:

Monograph series / Lumbini International Research Institute ; 1

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-322) and index.
Foreword / David Gellner -- Iconography -- Ritual -- The Great Caityas (Mahacaitya) -- The Licchavicaitya -- The Neo-Licchavicaitya -- The Caturvyuhacaitya -- The monumental caitya -- The Sikharakutacaitya -- The lotus motif -- Structural form and myth -- The Ramyakutagaracaitya -- Caityas with vimsatikona support -- The Padmavalicaitya -- The Jvalavalicaitya -- The Jalharyuparisumerucaitya and Sumerucaitya -- Tibetan caitya types -- Temples with caityas.

ISBN:

3930698757
9783930698752

Subject:

Architecture, Newari Nepal Kathmandu Valley.
Buddhist art and symbolism Nepal Kathmandu Valley.
Architecture newar Népal Katmandou, Vallée de.
Architecture, Newari.
Buddhist art and symbolism.
Bildband
Caitya
Geschichte
Grafmonumenten.
Boeddhistische kunst.
Nepal Kathmandu Valley.
Kathmandutal

Added entries:

Gellner, David N.
Monograph series (Lumbini International Research Institute) ; 1.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 205329
Call No.: NA6010.8.N4 G7 1997
Status: Available

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