Understanding Buddhism from its Material Remains: Monastic Architecture and Buddhist Practice around Bhaja, Bedsa and Karla

Zukas, David

doi:10.25501/SOAS.00036120

All Outputs (6)

A Vajradhātu Mandala in a Prajñāpāramitā Manuscript of Tabo Monastery (2021)
Book Chapter
Allinger, E., & Luczanits, C. (2021). A Vajradhātu Mandala in a Prajñāpāramitā Manuscript of Tabo Monastery. In C. Jahoda, & C. Kalantari (Eds.), Early West Tibetan Buddhist Monuments: Architecture, Art,History and Texts. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

Why do Buddhists make art? (2021)
Book Chapter
Luczanits, C. (2021). Why do Buddhists make art?. In E. J. Harris (Ed.), Buddhism in Five Minutes (248-253). Equinox. https://doi.org/10.1558/equinox.40789

There is no term for “art” in Buddhist literature. Instead, the terms used make clear that what we understand as art today was made for a purpose. Buddhist texts also rarely explain this purpose, so the information has to be pieced together from scan... Read More about Why do Buddhists make art?.

What is a mandala? (2021)
Book Chapter
Luczanits, C. (2021). What is a mandala?. In E. J. Harris (Ed.), Buddhism in Five Minutes (254-258). Equinox. https://doi.org/10.1558/equinox.40790

The mandala is first and foremost a ritual tool. In its simplest form, it consists of a square space marked by protective features and a circle of deities within it. The ground marks a purified space to which deities can be invited during the ritual.

A Case of Old Menri (sman ris rnying pa) in Mustang? (2021)
Book Chapter
Luczanits, C. (2021). A Case of Old Menri (sman ris rnying pa) in Mustang?. In V. Caumanns, J. Heimbel, K. Kano, & A. Schiller (Eds.), Gateways to Tibetan Studies: A Collection of Essays in Honour of David P. Jackson on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday (643-657). Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg

On the use of human remains in Tibetan ritual objects (2021)
Thesis
Fuentes, A. On the use of human remains in Tibetan ritual objects. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This dissertation explores material knowledge and cultural histories of the use of human remains in Tibetan ritual objects by means of the combined methodologies of conservation, technical art history, iconographic analysis, cultural anthropology and... Read More about On the use of human remains in Tibetan ritual objects.

Understanding Buddhism from its Material Remains: Monastic Architecture and Buddhist Practice around Bhaja, Bedsa and Karla (2021)
Thesis
Zukas, D. Understanding Buddhism from its Material Remains: Monastic Architecture and Buddhist Practice around Bhaja, Bedsa and Karla. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

My thesis is a detailed, new, cave-by-cave, survey of the well known rock-cut Buddhist monasteries at Bhaja, Bedsa and Karla and the newly found Buddhist sites near them in the upper Indrayani and Pavana valleys of India’s Western Ghats. These sites... Read More about Understanding Buddhism from its Material Remains: Monastic Architecture and Buddhist Practice around Bhaja, Bedsa and Karla.