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<p>Providing an overall interpretation of the Buddhist monument Borobudur in Indonesia, this book looks at Mahayana Buddhist religious ideas and practices that could have informed Borobudur, including both the narrative reliefs and the Buddha images.</p> <p>The author explores a version of the classical Mahayana that foregrounds the importance of the visual in relation to Buddhist philosophy, meditation, devotion, and ritual. The book goes on to show that the architects of Borobudur designed a v
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- Author
- Julie A. Gifford
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis US
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781136817960
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Religion, Art, Southeast Asian
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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