Symbolism of the Stupa English 1992
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ISBN:
9788120807815
Publisher:
Motilal Banarsidass,
Pages:
478
Weight:
1094 g
Dimensions:
20 x 26 x 3 cm
Book Cover:
Hard Cover
Thema:
- Further religions and spiritual beliefs
The Stupa is a symbolic form that pullulates throughout South, Southeast and East Asia. In its Indian manifestations it is an extreme case in terms of architectural function: it has no usable interior space and its construction has a basic simplicity. In the 'state of the art' study Adrian Snograss reads the stupa as a cultural artifact. The monument concretizes metaphysical principles and generates multivalent meanings in ways that can be articulated with literary texts and other architectural forms.
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