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Tibetan Iconography of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Deities
Lokesh Chandra & Fedrick Bunce

Tibetan Iconography of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Deities


 
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Author: Lokesh Chandra & Fedrick Bunce
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9788124601785
Publication Date: 2002


Product Code: 12825
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Beginning with a few anionic symbols, like footprints, the Bo tree or stupas, in the pre-christian Indian art, Buddhism, over the centuries, came to evolve a bewildering array of deities - in ever increasing number of pantheons. Interestingly, in Buddhism today, there are perhaps as many pantheons as there are counties, or internal regions or sects within them. Chou Fo P'u-sa sheng Hsiang Tsan, in focus here, is one of these many buddhist pantheons and acknowledgedly the 'culmination of Lamaist art'. Authored by Rol.pahi.rdo.rje, alias Lalitavajra, (1717-1786): an imperial preceptor of Emperor Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795), it is a rare set of 360 woodcuts/xylographs, representing varying forms and manifestations of the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, tantric and tutelary deities, arhats, sages, teachers, dharmapalas and protective divinities. It is also accompanied by 360 'eulogies' in Chinese. Two internationally distinguished scholars here team up to present afresh the Chou Fo p'u-sa Sheng Hsiang Tsan, aptly called 'a unique pantheon'. Drawing together all the 360 wood-cut images in their vividly enlarged/enhanced versions - without compromising their 'sthetic integrity, the book not only captures their subtle iconic devices, but spells out as well, in meticulous detail, all their iconic attributes, like body postures, faces, arms/hand, mudras, asanas, vahanas, companions, and whether calm or wrathful. The book also incorporates the names of each deity/deity-form in Sanskrit, Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Chinese. Unveiling, for the first time, the images of a veritably unique pantheon, in their enlarged format, and their accompanying Chinese eulogies, the book is bound to fascinate anyone concerned with Buddhist art and iconography.


Tibetan Iconography of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Deities, Lokesh Chandra & Fedrick Bunce, D.K. Printworld, Hardcover, 2002 ed., 785, $220.00

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