Entrée principale:

Snodgrass, Adrian.

Titre et auteur:

The symbolism of the stupa / Adrian Snodgrass.

Édition:

1st Indian ed.

Publication:

Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 1992.

Description:

ix, 469 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-407.
Part I : The plan -- The spatial configuration of the Stupa -- The ritual demarcation of the Stupa plan -- The symbolism of the centre -- The symbolism of measuring -- The symbolism of the directions of space -- The deployment of space and sacrifice -- The deployement of space and the solar breath -- The deployment of space and the solar breath -- The deployment of space in iconography, architecture and the Buddhist kinggdom -- The Stupa plan as wheel -- The Stupa plan and the lotus -- The circle and the square -- The Stupa plan as mandala -- The sacred enclosure -- Part II : The pile -- The symbolism of the axis -- The symbolism of the dome -- The symbolism of the superstructure -- The symbolism of the Harmika -- Ascent -- The symbolism of the spire -- The symbolism of the pinnacle -- The function of the Stupa -- Synthesis.

ISBN:

8120807812
9788120807815

Sujet:

Stūpas.
Buddhist art and symbolism.
dagobas.
stupas.
Stoepa's.
Symboliek.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 113627
Cote: ID BQ5125.S8S66; ID:96-B2371
Statut: Disponible