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Creating the universe : depictions of the cosmos in Himalayan Buddhism / Eric Huntington.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Global South AsiaPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2019Edition: 1st [edition]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780295744070
  • 0295744073
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Creating the universe.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/424 23
LOC classification:
  • BQ4570.C6
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Orienting space and self -- Cosmos in texts: explaining the blueness of the sky -- Cosmos in the Maala: salvation through geography -- Cosmos in offering: piling a mountain of treasures -- Cosmos in architecture: sacred space and murals -- Portraits of landscapes.
Summary: Winner, 2018 Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities Buddhist representations of the cosmos across nearly two thousand years of history in Tibet, Nepal, and India show that cosmology is a rich language for the expression of diverse religious ideas, with cosmological thinking at the center of Buddhist thought, art, and practice. In Creating the Universe, Eric Huntington presents examples of visual art and architecture, primary texts, ritual ideologies, and material practices--accompanied by extensive explanatory diagrams--to reveal the immense complexity of cosmological thinking in Himalayan Buddhism. Employing comparisons across function, medium, culture, and history, he exposes cosmology as a fundamental mode of engagement with numerous aspects of religion, from preliminary lessons to the highest rituals for enlightenment. This wide-ranging work will interest scholars and students of many fields, including Buddhist studies, religious studies, art history, and area studies. Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/creating-the-universe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Orienting space and self -- Cosmos in texts: explaining the blueness of the sky -- Cosmos in the Maala: salvation through geography -- Cosmos in offering: piling a mountain of treasures -- Cosmos in architecture: sacred space and murals -- Portraits of landscapes.

Print version record.

Winner, 2018 Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities Buddhist representations of the cosmos across nearly two thousand years of history in Tibet, Nepal, and India show that cosmology is a rich language for the expression of diverse religious ideas, with cosmological thinking at the center of Buddhist thought, art, and practice. In Creating the Universe, Eric Huntington presents examples of visual art and architecture, primary texts, ritual ideologies, and material practices--accompanied by extensive explanatory diagrams--to reveal the immense complexity of cosmological thinking in Himalayan Buddhism. Employing comparisons across function, medium, culture, and history, he exposes cosmology as a fundamental mode of engagement with numerous aspects of religion, from preliminary lessons to the highest rituals for enlightenment. This wide-ranging work will interest scholars and students of many fields, including Buddhist studies, religious studies, art history, and area studies. Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/creating-the-universe.