Early West Tibetan Buddhist Monuments: Architecture, Art, History and Texts

Author:   Christian Jahoda ,  Christiane Kalantari
Publisher:   Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
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9783700187776


Pages:   441
Publication Date:   30 December 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Early West Tibetan Buddhist Monuments: Architecture, Art, History and Texts


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English summary: This edited volume with 16 original contributions is devoted to early, 10th-13th-century Buddhist monuments of historical Western Tibet. The results are, on the one hand, based on in-depth interdisciplinary field studies in Ladakh, Spiti, Kinnaur, Tsamda und Purang (today partly on Chinese, partly on Indian territory), and on the other hand on the critical edition and analysis of hitherto unknown or inaccessible historiographical texts, including works by Guge Pandita Drakpa Gyaltsen (1415-1486/98), which are dedicated partly to the foundation phase of the West Tibetan kingdom and to the royal monk Yeshe O (947-1019), the leading religio-political figure in Western Tibet in the 10th/11th century. Preceded by an outline of macro-historical developments in Western Tibet from the 7th to the 15th century, the studies focus on the archaeology, architecture, art history and foundation phase of the monastery of Nyarma (10th century) (Ladakh), in addition on stelae in Purang and Tsamda dating to the 9th and 10th centuries, newly discovered murals at Tabo monastery in Spiti, illuminated Prajnaparamita MSS from Tabo and Pooh (in Upper Kinnaur), as well as wall-paintings and accompanying inscriptions in the Zhag cave temple (Tsamda) from the 13th century. This volume contributes significantly to the wider and deeper understanding of the religious, cultural, political and social developments of the entire West Tibetan language area, in particular during the formative phases of the West Tibetan kingdom from the 10th to the 13th centuries German description: Dieser Sammelband befasst sich in 16 Beitragen mit fruhen, aus dem 10.-13. Jh. stammenden buddhistischen Monumenten des historischen Westtibet. Die Studien beruhen einerseits auf interdisziplinar ausgerichteten Feldforschungen in Ladakh, Spiti, Kinnaur, Tsamda und Purang (heute teils auf chinesischem, teils auf indischem Staatsgebiet liegend), andererseits auf der Erschliessung und textkritischen Herausgabe von wichtigen, bislang wenig bekannten oder nicht leicht zuganglichen historiographischen Schriftquellen, u.a. von Werken des Guge Pandita Drakpa Gyaltsen (1415-1486/98), die teils der Grundungsphase des westtibetischen Konigreiches und dem koniglichen Monch Yesche O (947-1019), der religios-politischen Hauptfigur im Westtibet des 10./11. Jh., gewidmet sind. Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte der Studien bilden nach einer einleitenden Ubersicht der makrohistorischen Entwicklungen in Westtibet vom 7.-15. Jh. Beitrage zur Archaologie, Architektur, Kunst- und Grundungsgeschichte des Klosters Nyarma (10. Jh.) in Ladakh, weiters zu Stelen in Purang und Tsamda, neu entdeckten Wandmalereien des Klosters Tabo in Spiti, illuminierten Prajnaparamita Handschriften in Tabo und Pooh (im oberen Kinnaur) sowie zu Wandmalereien mit begleitenden Inschriften des Zhag Hohlentempels (Tsamda). Durch diesen Band wird das Verstandnis der religiosen, kulturellen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen des gesamten westtibetischen Sprachraums, vor allem in den formativen Phasen des westtibetischen Konigreichs vom 10. bis zum fruhen 13. Jahrhundert, massgeblich erweitert und vertieft.

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Author:   Christian Jahoda ,  Christiane Kalantari
Publisher:   Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Imprint:   Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
ISBN:  

9783700187776


ISBN 10:   3700187777
Pages:   441
Publication Date:   30 December 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Language:   German

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