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
Published: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2006, 2006
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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