The Origin Of The Buddha Image

Author : Yuvraj Krishan
Publisher : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN : 8121505658

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The Buddha Image by Yuvraj Krishan Pdf

Illustrations: 247 b/w illustrations Description: This book deals with crucial though controversial questions in Buddhist art: the origin of the Buddha image and the iconography of the Buddha images. The earliest Buddhist art of Sanchi and Bharhut is aniconic : The Buddha is represented in symbols only. In the later Buddhist art of Gandhara and Mathura, the Buddha is represented in human form: he is the principal subject of sculptural art. The book seeks to explore the geographical area in which the image of the Buddha first emerged and whether the Buddhist doctrines-Hinayana or Mahayana-had anything to do with this transformation. The Buddha image, as developed eventually at Sarnath, became the model for the Buddha images in whole of Asia, south-east, central and eastern Asia. The iconographic features of the Buddha image are superficially an aberration, being in apparent conflict with the doctrine. The Buddha had cut off his hair at the time of his renunciation; the rules of the order enjoin that a monk must be tonsured and must discard and eschew all riches. However, in his images, the Buddha has hair on his head; later he is also endowed with a crown and jewels. After an exhaustive examination of the views of various scholars, the book answers these questions and resolves the controversies on the basis of literary, numismatic and epigraphic sources. More importantly it makes use of the valuable evidence from the contemporaneous Jaina art : Aniconism of early Jaina art and the iconographic features of Jaina images. The implications of this study are also important : Does India owe idolatry to Buddhism? Was this of foreign inspiration? Was the Buddha image fashioned after the Vedic Brahma and whether the Buddha's usnisa and Buddhist art motifs are rooted in the Vedic tradition? The book is profusely illustrated and provides rich and stimulating fare to students of Indian art in general and of Buddhist art in particular.

Author : Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Buddhist art and symbolism
ISBN : OCLC:604216862

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The Origin of the Buddha Image by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Pdf

Author : ANANDA K. COOMARASWAMY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 811913964X

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The Origin of the Buddha Image by ANANDA K. COOMARASWAMY Pdf

The author writes further that Gandhara art is Indic, and not European. This book is highly recommended for scholars and researchers interested in Buddhist art.

Author : Robert Daniel DeCaroli
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780295805795

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Image Problems by Robert Daniel DeCaroli Pdf

This deft and lively study by Robert DeCaroli explores the questions of how and why the earliest verifiable images of the historical Buddha were created. In so doing, DeCaroli steps away from old questions of where and when to present the history of Buddhism�s relationship with figural art as an ongoing set of negotiations within the Buddhist community and in society at large. By comparing innovations in Brahmanical, Jain, and royal artistic practice, DeCaroli examines why no image of the Buddha was made until approximately five hundred years after his death and what changed in the centuries surrounding the start of the Common Era to suddenly make those images desirable and acceptable. The textual and archaeological sources reveal that figural likenesses held special importance in South Asia and were seen as having a significant amount of agency and power. Anxiety over image use extended well beyond the Buddhists, helping to explain why images of Vedic gods, Jain teachers, and political elites also are absent from the material record of the centuries BCE. DeCaroli shows how the emergence of powerful dynasties and rulers, who benefited from novel modes of visual authority, was at the root of the changes in attitude toward figural images. However, as DeCaroli demonstrates, a strain of unease with figural art persisted, even after a tradition of images of the Buddha had become established.

Author : Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015073903877

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The Origin of the Buddha Image & Elements of Buddhist Iconography by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Pdf

Two foundational texts, enhanced by a third, "The Nature of Buddhist Art," are concerned not only with providing a language for reading the artistic and linguistic symbols for Buddhism, but also show how these symbols are conducive to self realization, which is the aim of all sacred art. Providing a schema of what is of the utmost value in all the world's great spiritual traditions as they pertain to transforming the understanding life and the spiritual process, clear expositions on the significance of the most profound Buddhist symbols are offered, including the poses, the Lotus (the ground of manifestation), the Bodhi Tree (the Tree of Life synonymous with all existence), and the Wheel (the operation of principles). The portrayal of the "Kingdom of Heaven Within" in Buddhist etymology, iconography, and metaphysics is explored, and this whole cosmology--which would appear to be outward--is revealed to be located within the human heart itself. This work demonstrates that art is not solely for instruction or visual/mental pleasure, but intends to liberate the beholder from the restless activity that obscures reality and inhibits inner peace.

Author : Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:611139787

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Origin of the Buddha Image by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Pdf

Author : Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Buddhist art
ISBN : 8121502225

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The Origin of the Buddha Image by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Pdf

Author : Kanoko Tanaka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015042997141

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Absence of the Buddha Image in Early Buddhist Art by Kanoko Tanaka Pdf

Dr. Tanaka, For The First Time Ever, Explores The Absence Of The Buddha-Image In Early Buddhist Art. Applying The Motif Of The Empty Throne , She Undertakes A Comparative Study Of Buddhism And Other Religions.

Author : Asia Society,Benjamin Rowland,Asia House Gallery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Art
ISBN : UVA:X000642466

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The Evolution of the Buddha Image by Asia Society,Benjamin Rowland,Asia House Gallery Pdf

Author : Somkiart Lopetcharat
Publisher : Art Media Resources
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art, Buddhist
ISBN : UOM:39015046443654

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Lao Buddha by Somkiart Lopetcharat Pdf

This book discussed the origins of the art of Lao and Thai Buddha images cast in the Lanna periods, usually called "Chiang Saen Lao Art." The Lao Buddha images were found not only in Laos but also in Thailand, especially in the upper northeastern region that was once part of the Kingdom of Laos. This is the most comprehensive book available on the subject, illustrated with important pieces from museum and private collections.

Author : Piya Tan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B4124181

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The Origin and Meaning of the Image of the Buddha by Piya Tan Pdf

Author : Donald K. Swearer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691216027

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Becoming the Buddha by Donald K. Swearer Pdf

Becoming the Buddha is the first book-length study of a key ritual of Buddhist practice in Asia: the consecration of a Buddha image or "new Buddha," a ceremony by which the Buddha becomes present or alive. Through a richly detailed, accessible exploration of this ritual in northern Thailand, an exploration that stands apart from standard text-based or anthropological approaches, Donald Swearer makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Buddha image, its role in Buddhist devotional life, and its relationship to the veneration of Buddha relics. Blending ethnography, analysis, and Buddhist texts related to this mimetic reenactment of the night of the Buddha's enlightenment, he demonstrates that the image becomes the Buddha's surrogate by being invested with the Buddha's story and charged with the extraordinary power of Buddhahood. The process by which this transformation occurs through chant, sermon, meditation, and the presence of charismatic monks is at the heart of this book. Known as "opening the eyes of the Buddha," image consecration traditions throughout Buddhist Asia share much in common. Within the cultural context of northern Thailand, Becoming the Buddha illuminates scriptural accounts of the making of the first Buddha image; looks at debates over the ritual's historical origin, at Buddhological insights achieved, and at the hermeneutics of absence and presence; and provides a thematic comparison of several Buddhist traditions.

Author : James C. Dobbins
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824879990

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Behold the Buddha by James C. Dobbins Pdf

Images of the Buddha are everywhere—not just in temples but also in museums and homes and online—but what these images mean largely depends on the background and circumstance of those viewing them. In Behold the Buddha, James Dobbins invites readers to imagine how premodern Japanese Buddhists understood and experienced icons in temple settings long before the advent of museums and the internet. Although widely portrayed in the last century as visual emblems of great religious truths or as exquisite works of Asian art, Buddhist images were traditionally treated as the very embodiment of the Buddha, his palpable presence among people. Hence, Buddhists approached them as living entities in their own right—that is, as awakened icons with whom they could interact religiously. Dobbins begins by reflecting on art museums, where many non-Buddhists first encounter images of the Buddha, before outlining the complex Western response to them in previous centuries. He next elucidates images as visual representations of the story of the Buddha’s life followed by an overview of the physical attributes and symbolic gestures found in Buddhist iconography. A variety of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and other divinities commonly depicted in Japanese Buddhism is introduced, and their “living” quality discussed in the context of traditional temples and Buddhist rituals. Finally, other religious objects in Japanese Buddhism—relics, scriptures, inscriptions, portraits of masters, and sacred sites—are explained using the Buddhist icon as a model. Dobbins concludes by contemplating art museums further as potential sites for discerning the religious character of Buddhist images. Those interested in Buddhism generally who would like to learn more about its rich iconography—whether encountered in temples or museums—will find much in this concise, well-illustrated volume to help them “behold the Buddha.”

Author : Angela S. Chiu
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824873127

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The Buddha in Lanna by Angela S. Chiu Pdf

For centuries, wherever Thai Buddhists have made their homes, statues of the Buddha have provided striking testament to the role of Buddhism in the lives of the people. The Buddha in Lanna offers the first in-depth historical study of the Thai tradition of donation of Buddha statues. Drawing on palm-leaf manuscripts and inscriptions, many never previously translated into English, the book reveals the key roles that Thai Buddha images have played in the social and economic worlds of their makers and devotees from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries. Author Angela Chiu introduces stories from chronicles, histories, and legends written by monks in Lanna, a region centered in today’s northern Thailand. By examining the stories’ themes, structures, and motifs, she illuminates the complex conceptual and material aspects of Buddha images that influenced their functions in Lanna society. Buddha images were depicted as social agents and mediators, the focal points of pan-regional political-religious lineages and rivalries, indeed, as the very generators of history itself. In the chronicles, Buddha images also unified the Buddha with the northern Thai landscape, thereby integrating Buddhist and local conceptions of place. By comparing Thai Buddha statues with other representations of the Buddha, the author underscores the contribution of the Thai evidence to a broader understanding of how different types of Buddha representations were understood to mediate the “presence” of the Buddha. The Buddha in Lanna focuses on the Thai Buddha image as a part of the wider society and history of its creators and worshippers beyond monastery walls, shedding much needed light on the Buddha image in history. With its impressive range of primary sources, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Buddhism and Buddhist art history, Thai studies, and Southeast Asian religious studies.

Author : Claudine Bautze-Picron
Publisher : BAR International Series
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art, Buddhist
ISBN : UOM:39015080685939

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Miscellanies about the Buddha Image by Claudine Bautze-Picron Pdf

Eight papers which take various archaeoligal and art historical approaches to the study of representations of the Buddha, and the changes which took place in the development of his representation.