The cosmic mountain : its image in temple and palace, Central Java / Mark Smith
- Bib ID:
- 10009776
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Smith, Mark Oliver, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit
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- National edeposit: Available online
- Description:
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- Bruce, Australian Capital Territory : Mark Oliver Smith, 2023
- 1 online resource (50 pages)
- File Characteristics:
- text file PDF 6.1MB
- Series:
- Smith, Mark Oliver. The Cosmic Mountain.
- Summary:
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In Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology, Mount Meru is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual universes. This text looks at the four major building complexes in and around Yogyakarta that represent, in their own unique ways, aspects or images of this cosmic mountain. These building complexes are: the Dieng Plateau group, Borobudur, Prambanam and the Keraton.
- Full contents:
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- Part 1 The archetypal temple
- Part 2 The oldest temples in Central Java
- Part 3 Buddhist temples of Central Java
- Part 4 Hindu temples of Central Java
- Part 5 The Keraton of Yogvakarta.
- Notes:
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- Part of a series of writings by the author on "The Cosmic Mountain".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Buddhist architecture -- Southeast Asia
- Buddhist cosmology
- Buddhist temples -- Indonesia -- Java
- Hindu architecture -- Southeast Asia
- Hindu cosmology
- Hindu temples -- Indonesia -- Java
- Mountains -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
- Mountains -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
- Yogyakarta (Indonesia) -- Buildings, structures, etc
- Genre/Form:
- Electronic books
- Other authors/contributors:
- Smith, Mark Oliver
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2023
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