Visualizing a Buddhist Sutra: Text and Figure in Himalayan Art

By Laxman S. Thakur

This volume analyzes the inscriptions, murals, and manuscripts of the Avatamsakasutra of the Tabo monestary focusing particularly on the Gandavyuhasutra and comments on Buddhist art being a mode of transmission of Buddhist ideas contained in texts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019567314X
• ISBN13: 9780195673142
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 175 Pages