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Author Fontein, Jan.

Title Entering the Dharmadhātu : a study of the Gandavyūha reliefs of Borobudur / Jan Fontein.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Studies in Asian art and archaeology ; v. 26
Studies in Asian art and archaeology ; v. 26.
Contents Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Bibliographical Notes; Introduction; A Short History of the Identification of the Gandavyuha Reliefs of Borobudur; Textual Variants of the Gandavyuha and the Reliefs of Borobudur; THE GANDAVYUHA RELIEFS OF BOROBUDUR; Second Gallery, Main Wall: Prologue (II-1--II-15); Second Gallery, Main Wall: Pilgrimage, First Series (II-16--II-72); Second Gallery, Main Wall: The Pilgrimage, Second Series (II-73--II-128); Third Gallery, Main Wall (III-1--III-88); Third Gallery, Balustrade (IIIB-1--IIIB-88); Fourth Gallery, Balustrade (IVB-1--IVB-84). The Gandavyuha: Text and Image at BorobudurComments on the Reliefs of the Second Gallery, Main Wall; Comments on the Reliefs of the Third Gallery and the Fourth Balustrade; Fourth Gallery Main Wall: The Bhadracari Reliefs (IV-1--IV-88); Comments on the Bhadracari Reliefs; Epilogue; Appendix: Note on the Reliefs of the Second Balustrade; Bibliography; Index.
Summary New identifications of the 460 bas-reliefs of Borobudur illustrating the Gandavyūha, based upon a comparison with the contents of three early Chinese translations of Sanskrit manuscripts of the text of Central Asian or Indian provenance.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254) and index.
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Subject Borobudur (Temple : Magelang, Indonesia)
Borobudur (Temple : Magelang, Indonesia)
Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Avataṃsakasūtra. Gaṇḍavyūha.
Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Avataṃsakasūtra. Gaṇḍavyūha.
Borobudur (Temple : Magelang, Indonesia)
Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Avataṃsakasūtra. Gaṇḍavyūha.
Buddhist relief (Sculpture) -- Indonesia -- Magelang -- Themes, motives.
Buddhist relief (Sculpture)
Indonesia -- Magelang.
Themes, motives.
Bas-relief -- Indonesia -- Magelang -- Themes, motives.
Bas-relief.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Fontein, Jan. Entering the Dharmadh?tu : A Study of the Gandavy?ha Reliefs of Borobudur. Leiden : BRILL, ©2012 9789004211223
ISBN 9789004223486 (electronic book)
9004223487 (electronic book)
9789004211223
9004211225