Stupa and its technology :

Dorjee, Pema

Stupa and its technology : a Tibeto-Buddhist perspective / by Pema Dorjee ; foreword by M. C. Joshi - New Delhi : Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), 2001. Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2001. - xxxiv, 189 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The present study shows various ritual activities associated with the construction of the stupa are described along with the eight fundamental types of Tibeto-Buddhist stupas and their main structural components. The value of the book is enhanced by an appendix with English translation of four important Tibetan texts preceded by transliteration.

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Stupas--Design and construction -- History--India
Architecture--Buddhist and Tibetan Stupas
Buddhist Stupas--India
Tibetan Stupas--India

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