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Past lives of the Buddha : Wat Si Chum : art, architecture, and inscriptions

Title
Past lives of the Buddha : Wat Si Chum : art, architecture, and inscriptions / edited by Peter Skilling with contributions by Pattaratorn Chirapravati [and others].
Publication
Tatien, Bangkok : River Books, 2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Skilling, Peter.
  • Pattaratorn Chirapravati, M.L., 1958-
Description
296 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps; 24 x 26 cm
Summary
Inside Wat Si Chum are 86 inscribed stone reliefs depicting jatakas, former lives of Gotama Buddha. This book presents the latest evidence and porposes new interpretations. It offers the first-ever English translation of the inscriptions, photographs of the reliefs supplemented by 19th century jataka paintings from Wat Khrua Wan, Bangkok, essys on all aspects of the temple and a discussion of the significance of jataks in international Buddhist literature, art and ideology.--Back cover.
Subject
  • Wat Sī Chum (Sukhothai, Thailand)
  • Buddhist temples > Thailand > Sukhothai Region
  • Buddhist antiquities > Thailand > Sukhothai Region
  • Inscriptions, Thai > Thailand > Sukhothai Region
  • 21.70 religious architecture
  • Buddhist antiquities
  • Buddhist temples
  • Inscriptions, Thai
  • Inschrift
  • Wat Si Chum Sukhothai
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and indexes.
ISBN
  • 9789749863459
  • 9749863453
LCCN
2008313513
OCLC
  • ocn191010865
  • 191010865
  • SCSB-1861046
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library