Chten in Nepal: Architecture and Buddhist Votive Practice in the Himalaya (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783869227429)

For more than two millennia Buddhism shaped the cultures of Central, South, Southeast, and East Asia. Each territory had its own peculiar way of developing representations of the Buddha, the Bodhisattvas, and a variety of guardian deities and saints.

Of particular importance is the representation of the Buddha and his teachings in an iconic form in the shape of an impassable building. Called Stupa in Sanskrit, and Ch rten in Tibetan, these structures not only characterize the urban space of the Newars in the Kathmandu Valley. They also mark the access to Tibetan villages in northern Nepal, line the trails across high passes, and stud topographically prominent places. By their thousands, they transform wilderness into a landscape that promises shelter, protection, and well-being.

584 maps, architectural drawings, and photographs, produced from 1970 to 2008, document the rich cultural heritage of the Tibetan and Tamang enclaves along the range of the high Himalaya.

Author: Niels Gutschow
ISBN-10: 3869227427
ISBN-13: 9783869227429
Publisher: Dom Publishers
Language: English
Published: 07/13/2021
Pages: 580
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 5.30lbs
Size: 10.50h x 8.70w x 2.10d