Visualizing a Buddhist sutra : text and figure in Himalayan art /

This work analyses the inscriptions, murals, and manuscripts of the Avatamsakasutra of the Tabo monastery, focusing particularly on the Gandavyuhasutra and comments on Buddhist art being a mode of transmission of Buddhist ideas contained in texts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thakur, Laxman S.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English Tibetan
Language Notes:	Text in English and Tibetan.
Published:	New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:	Tripiṭaka. > Sūtrapiṭaka. > Avataṃsakasūtra. > Gaṇḍavyūha > Criticism, interpretation, etc. Tripiṭaka. > Sūtrapiṭaka. > Avataṃsakasūtra. > Gaṇḍavyūha Tabo (Monastery : Tabo, India) Tabo > Kloster. Buddhist painting > Himalaya Mountains Region. Buddhist mural painting and decoration > Himalaya Mountains Region. Buddhist art and symbolism > Himalaya Mountains Region. Peinture bouddhique > Himālaya. Buddhist art and symbolism Buddhist mural painting and decoration Buddhist painting Himalaya Mountains Region Wandmalerei Handschrift Buddhist art and symbolism. Buddhist art > Himalaya Mountains Region. Buddhist mural painting and decoration. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:	This work analyses the inscriptions, murals, and manuscripts of the Avatamsakasutra of the Tabo monastery, focusing particularly on the Gandavyuhasutra and comments on Buddhist art being a mode of transmission of Buddhist ideas contained in texts.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xi, 161 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780199081943 0199081948