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Caesar Voute & Mark Long Illustrator: NA: Borobudur: Pyramid of the Cosmic Buddha, D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd. 2008 ISBN: 9788124604038

New Hardcover 30 x 30 cm. Borobudur was constructed during the eighth century as a guide to the Noble Path of the Buddha. Born from silence and unfolding into the serenity of the other shore, it expresses the glory of Indonesia's awareness and creativity, the smile of her plastic forms over the centuries as well as her travels along the edge of thoughts that cross the endless corridors of memory. Though the Western world rediscovered this magnificent structure almost 200 years ago, this sacred place nonetheless remains seated in its enigmatic depth, engulfed in vaporous illusions, waiting for someone to find the base simplicity of its Truth. This book is a catalyst and invites adventurous minds to find new directionJs by bringing into focus the vast universe of the Borobudur in order to cultivate the Way to weeding out error. The questions posed or solutions offered herein are like water and waves: different yet identical in essence. They stir discussion. One of the special contributions of this book lies in its correlating the cyclical movements of the Sun and Moon with the numerical symbolism of Borobudur. The authors cite the magical effect of the Sun suddenly appearing out of the volcano Merapi and empowering the Borobudur-mountain with its radiant energy in poetic imagery. This magic moment of satori or enlightenment echoes the experiences of the unknown Shailendra monarch who had commissioned the monument's construction and the inspiration that made the architect envision this Buddhist wonder. Book Contents Foreword -- Lokesh Chandra Preface -- Mark Long and Lokesh Chandra Acknowledgement List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction Part I : HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS 1. Distant Beginnings The EL Dorado of the Asian World An Eclectic Approach to Cultural Borrowing Early Inscriptional Evidence The Javanese Kingdom of Taruma A Cataclysmic Event Java's Book of Ancient Kings A Devastating Impact The Emergence of Shrivijaya 2. The Rise and Fall of Java's "Classic Age" Civilization The Illustrious King Sanjaya Lord of the Mountain The Maharaja of Zabag An Ambitious Temple-Building Programme Candi Sewu, Lumbung and Bubrah The Abhayagiri Monastery Candi Plaosan, Sari and Sajiwan The Venuvana Monastery Candi Mendut, Ngawen, Pawon and Sajiwan The Shailendra Decline Kamulan I Bhumisambhara The Maharaja of the Land of Gold The Shailendra beyond Java's Shores A Calamity of Horrific Proportions Merapi during Pre-Historic Periods Other Hypotheses for the Migration to East Java The Vartanyan Theory 3. A Buddhist Foundation The One Thus Come Challenging the Hindu World-view Enduring Symbols of the Buddha's Continuing Presence The Elder School The Greater Vehicle The Development of Mahayana Buddhism Tantric Buddhism An Initiation into the Mandala Part II: BOROBUDUR AND ITS ENVIRONS 4. The Magic of Location In Harmony with the Local Surroundings The Descent of the Cosmic River Local Legends and Indigenous Practices The Axis of the Universe The Mount Merapi Sunrise King, Kraton, Kingdom and Cosmos Candi Pawon and Candi Mendut The Lotus Throne on the Lake The Search in Borobudur's Vicinity In Search of the Shailendra Kraton 5. An Approach from the East The Bas-Reliefs on the Monument's "Hidden Foot" Ascending the Eastern Staircase Entering the Bas-Relief Galleries The Jatakamala Jataka and Avadanas The Lalitavisara-sutra The Gandavyuha The Bhadracari Borobudur's Jina Images The 72 Jinas at the Summit At the Apex of the Pyramid The Name Borobudur 6. Printed Pages: 351. First edition

[SW: Borobudur: Pyramid of the Cosmic BuddhaCaesar Voute & Mark Long9788124604038]

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Lokesh Chandra Illustrator: NA: Sanskrit-Tibetan Dictionary: being the Reverse of the 19 Volumes of the Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary, Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi 2007 ISBN: 9788177420708

New Hardcover NA The Sanskrit-Tibetan Dictionary is the first lexicographical work to provide the Tibetan equivalents or correspondences of Buddhist Sanskrit words, technical terms, and phrases. It is the reverse of the 19 volumes of the Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary. It has 70,000 vocabulary entries in densely printed 800 three-column pages. It includes words and compounds from sutras (like the Kasyapa-parivasta, Samadhiraja, Suvarna-prabhasa, Lankavatara), from Avatamsaka texts (like the Dasa-bhumika, Bhadracari, Bhadrakalpika), from the Prajnaparamita treatise (like Abhisamay-alankara, Ratna-guna-sancaya-gatha), from Vinaya discipline (Pravrajiya, Kathina-vastu), from laudatory hymns (like Nama-sangiti, Sragdhara-stotra), from Tantras (like Hevaraja, Kalacakra), from lexicons (Mahavyutpatti, Amarakosa), terms of poetics from the Kavyadarsa, from the drama Nagananda, from kavyas (like Megha-duta, Buddha-carita, Avadana-kalpalata of ksemendra), from manuals of logic (Nyaya-bindu, Nyaya-pravesa, Hetu-tattv-opadesa), technical terms of medicine from the Astanga-hrdaya-samhita, and the names of Buddhist deities in various Tibetan and Mongolian xylographic albums. It covers the immense literary, philosophical, cosmological, religious, poetic, dramatic, logical and medical terminology of the Buddhist evolution over thirteen centuries in Tibetan, Mongolia, Kalmykia and Buryatia. The entire gamut of Buddhist thought and practice, art and meditation, scholastic and literary development are covered by this Dictionary in a comprehensive manner. It is a work that should be on the desk of every scholar of Buddhism. A Sine qua kon for Buddhology in all its incarnations. Printed Pages: 766. 5th or later edition

[SW: Sanskrit-Tibetan Dictionary: being the Reverse of the 19 Volumes of the Tibetan-Sanskrit DictionaryLokesh Chandra9788177420708]

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