The History of Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya
This book offers an overview of the emergence of Bodh Gayā as a sacred site within Gayā Dharmakṣetra. It contextualizes the different encounters, incidents, and legends connected to the Buddha’s experiences shortly before and after he attained Bodhi – when, spiritually speaking, he was extremely lon...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Singapore
Springer Singapore
2020.
Singapore Imprint: Springer 2020. |
| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020. |
| Series/Journal: | Springer eBook Collection
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mahabodhi-Tempel Bodh Gaya
/ History
B Dharmapala, Anagarika 1864-1933 / Mahabodhi-Tempel Bodh Gaya / Sri Lanka / Pilgrim |
| Further subjects: | B
Archaeology
B Buddhism |
| Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9789811580666 Erscheint auch als: 9789811580680 Erscheint auch als: 9789811580697 |
| Summary: | This book offers an overview of the emergence of Bodh Gayā as a sacred site within Gayā Dharmakṣetra. It contextualizes the different encounters, incidents, and legends connected to the Buddha’s experiences shortly before and after he attained Bodhi – when, spiritually speaking, he was extremely lonely and was trying to carve a place for himself in the highly competitive Gayā Dharmakṣetra. Further, the book examines the role of various personalities and institutions contributed towards the emergence of Mahābodhi Temple. It incorporates a wealth of research on the role of the Victorian Indologists as well as the colonial administrators, the Giri mahants, and Anagārika Dharmapāla, to understand the material milieu pertaining not only to its identity but also access to spiritual resources as its conservation and development. This book is an indispensable read for students and scholars of history, cultural studies, and art and architecture as well as practitioners of Buddhism and Hinduism. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 213 p. 60 illus., 51 illus. in color.) |
| ISBN: | 9811580677 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-8067-3 |