Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
The structure of the Garbhadhatu mandala
This chapter describes The structure of the Garbhadhatu mandala located on page 177 of volume Volume 2 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.
Volume 2 comprises the studies of Prof. Lokesh Chandra on the iconography, syllabary, tantras, cultural heritage in general, defence, Canon and mandalas of Japan, Korea and China.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes The structure of the Garbhadhatu mandala. 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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Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) [by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo]
Apsidal Structure: An apsidal structure was unearthed in the 1958 CE at the top of the Udayagiri hill just above the Hathi-Gumpha by the Archaeological Survey of India. This is one of the early specimens of apsidal structure built up of large laterite blocks discovered in east India but also in the country. The entire super structure of the apsidal monument was missing. The ruins consist of an apsidal structure with an axial length of 23. 8m and basal length of 14m....
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Vietnamese Buddhist Art [by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh]
It resembles a central Javanese monument as it is a small square structure with porches on the four sides and the superstructure is divided into many tiers, each of which is decorated with models of stupa with the largest one crowning the top. ” The Borobudur is a three-dimensional Mandala in which architecture and sculpture work in harmony; the Borobudur–Mandala guides pilgrims along the stepped path that climbs through the three spiritual realms....
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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society [by Kaushik Acharya]
But we find the territorial division of mandala that corresponded to a province. However, according to some respected dignitaries, mandala as an administrative division corresponds to a Revenue division. D. C. Sircar summarized as a mandala denoted at different times either as a district in modern sense or a province. Most of the inscriptions reveal that a mandala wasa much bigger unit in dimension than a vishaya or even a khanda....
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