Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Borobudur: the overflowing of the spirit in endless reliefs
This chapter describes Borobudur: the overflowing of the spirit in endless reliefs located on page 219 of volume Volume 1 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
The first volume presents the evolution of ideas that emerge from a broad spectrum of quests in languages such as Sanskrit, Greek and Latin (etc.) and further presents an introduction to Indonesian history, art and linguistics.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Borobudur: the overflowing of the spirit in endless reliefs. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Vietnamese Buddhist Art [by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh]
The peculiar beauty of Borobudur is derived from the spirit that permeates and ennobles indefinably everything about it. It is the spirit of devotion, the Buddhist Bhakti. Such loving care was lavished on every detail that all sorts of unimportant trifles have been animated by touches of a refined realism and affectionate humor. Furthermore, there is an extraordinary naturalness about the compositions of the reliefs....
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Triveni Journal
The terrace below is surrounded by an even more richly sculptured balustrade, the continuous series of reliefs on the inner side illustrating the earlier part of the Ramayana, of which the continuation was probably to be found on the corresponding terrace of the now ruined Brahma shrine on the right; the reliefs of the Vishnu temple illustrate the Krishna cycle. "7 Obviously these reliefs were intended as Hindu parallels to those of Borobudur....
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Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology [by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri]
(Pl 51b) Iconographically the figure of Buddha on the reliefs of Borobudur is seated and standing like the Indian representation of the late Nagarjunakonda and Amaravati reliefs. In the reliefs the Master is shown clad in sannghati, bearing ushnisha with little rounded curls and an urna on the forehead. Another bronze Buddha from Sempaga on the western coast of Celebes also deserves special mention. The images from south Sulawasi in east Java shows Amaravati s influence....
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