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Stupa: cult and symbolism, contributions by Gustav Roth, Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Kimiaki Tanaka, Lokesh Chandra, foreword by Lokesh Chandra

Edition: New Delhi

₹ 2500.00

Satapitaka Series; Vol. 624

Title in ENGLISH : Stupa as a monument, its symbolism, ritual and construction have been studied in modern scholarship for the last two hundred years. This volume reproduces a number of studies of Prof. Gustav Roth on its architectural details, philosophical concepts it embodies, its symbolic significance in a number of Sanskrit texts. The volume is rich in new material and fresh interpretations of the stæupa which was central to the Buddhist conceptual world, so much so that the present Chinese currency note of 1 yuan issued in 1999 shows stæupas in the waters of oceanic consciousness.;;This volume contains contributions from four scholar, rich in new materal and fresh interpretations of the Stupa which was central to the Buddhist conceptnal word.;

ISBN 13: 9788177420845

ISBN 10: 8177420844

Edition: New Delhi

Year: 2009

Language: ENGLISH

Subject(s): Buddhism

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