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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BQ6337.S842 W3786 2008 | Off-site |
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- 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.
- Subjects
- Wat Si Chum
- Inschrift
- Inscriptions, Thai > Thailand > Sukhothai
- Buddhist antiquities > Thailand > Sukhothai
- Buddhist temples > Thailand > Sukhothai
- Wat Si Chum (Sukhothai, Thailand)
- Inscriptions, Thai > Thailand > Sukhothai Region
- Buddhist antiquities > Thailand > Sukhothai Region
- Buddhist temples > Thailand > Sukhothai Region
- Wat Sī Chum (Sukhothai, Thailand)
- 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