Unfolding A Mạṇdala

The Buddhist Cave Temples at Ellora

Geri H. Malandra (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

348 Seiten

1993
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-1355-5 (ISBN)

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Ellora is one of the great cave temple sites of India, with thirty-four major Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain monuments of the late sixth to tenth centuries A. D. This book describes the Buddhist caves at Ellora and places them in the context of Buddhist art and iconography.

Ellora's twelve Buddhist cave temples, dating from the early seventh to the early eighth centuries, preserve an unparalleled one-hundred-year sequence of architectural and iconographical development. They reveal the evolution of a Buddhist mandala at sites in other regions often considered "peripheral" to the heartland of Buddhism in eastern India.

At Ellora, the mandala, ordinarily conceived as a two-dimensional diagram used to focus meditation, is unfolded into the three-dimensional program of the cave temples themselves, enabling devotees to walk through the mandala during worship. The mandala's development at Ellora is explained and its significance is considered for the evolution of Buddhist art and iconography elsewhere in India.

Geri H. Malandra is Associate Director of Professional Development and Conference Services, Continuing Education and Extension at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. In addition to her work on the prehistory, history, languages and art of ancient South Asia, she has also pursued research on the prehistory and art of ancient Iran and on Sumerian and ancient Near Eastern economic texts.

List of Figures and Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Tirtha and Mandala: The Place, The People, The Gods

2. Buddhist Caves of the First Period: The Beginning of the Mandala

3. Caves of the Middle Period: The Mandala Grows

4. The Late Buddhist Caves: The Mandala Unfolded

5. A Center on the Periphery: Ellora's Place in Buddhist Art

Conclusion

Appendix A. Relative Chronology of Ellora's Buddhist Caves

Notes

References

Illustrations

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.7.1993
Reihe/Serie	SUNY series in Buddhist Studies
Zusatzinfo	Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort	Albany, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	889 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	0-7914-1355-1 / 0791413551
ISBN-13	978-0-7914-1355-5 / 9780791413555
Zustand	Neuware