Mandala Deities in the Nispannayogavali English 2016
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ISBN:
9789937623544
Publisher:
Nepal Heritage Society
Pages:
146
Weight:
610 g
Dimensions:
22 x 28.3 x 10.3 cm
Book Cover:
Paperback
Thema:
- Buddhism
Among the Newars, who have supported Nepalese Buddhism in the Kathmandu a quite few painters literate in Sanskrit who draw images of Buddhist deities acco Newari tradition. The line drawings reprinted here are by one such contemporary Gautam Ratna Vajracarya (Bajracharya) (1960-), whose father was the famous Buddhist Ratnakaji Bajracharya. His grandfather was also a Buddhist priest, well-versed esp of iconography. Gautam was thus brought up in an environment in which he could tradition of Newari Buddhist iconography.
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