Stupa

experience with the different scared spaces gave me knowledge on culture and the history of my heritage. India has so many scared spaces such as the Great Stupa in India and the Kandariya Mahadeva in India, which carry significant spirituality and religious art aspects. King Ashoka as part of big Buddhist monastery built the…

Ques 1 Discuss how the religious thinking of Buddhism and Hinduism influenced the layout and appearance of temple architecture by examining case studies of Ajanta Caves and Lakshmana Temple. The Ajanta caves situated at a distance of 200 miles from Mumbai are cut into the face of a mountain, form a horseshoe shape around the Wangorah River. They are an example of one of Indian's unique artistic traditions known as rock cut temples. Ajanta consists of thirty caves, each dedicated to the life of…

Jessica Lu 16/3/2 FA 73B Take Out Midterm The first image is the sculpted cliff, created between the years c630 to 668, at Mamallapuram. The second image is the northern gateway at the Great Stupa at Sanchi, created between c50 to 25 BC. These two images initiated the use of a new technique and were narrative scenes. The differences between these two images are the involvement of the ruler, and the structure and style of the narrative scene. The northern gateway demonstrates what the…

Built over a wide range of time, between the third century BC and first century AD, it stands at an impressive sixty five feet high. The structure consists of a large, looming dome shaped building surrounded by stone railings and intricately decorated gates. (Rathus 430) Its large size is impressive and the varying designs of the building materials make it appear intricate and important. Overall it appears quite plain and monotone, but further study and closer views showcase all the beautifully…

home to important relics of Buddha himself. It also contains the relics of great Buddhist teachers and monks. The Great Stupa at Sanchi was originally structured by the emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE. It is located in Sanchi in Central India. The Great Stupa at Sanchi is the largest of several others. Built on top of the original shrine, which has bricks all around to make a hemisphere like dome to symbolize the earth itself. Four gateways were added to The Great Stupa to distinguish the…

did not produce the images in art until they were needed for contemplation. The styles of Buddhist art and architecture are different from culture to culture. The Great Stupa was built Sanchi, India, 10 B.C.E- 15 C. E, It has a hemispherical dome truncated and crowned by a triple umbrella, set at the center of a heavy Masonry pedestal within a square railing. The Great Stupa has four gateways, and each gateway consist of two pillars crowned with a set of lions, elephant’s potbelly dwarfs,…

ushnisha. Between his eyes one can visualize a tuft of white hair, which is the urna. Another attribute is the Chakra, which is an ancient sun symbol; this wheel represents both the many states of being, the Wheel of Life and the Wheel of the Law. Stupa is a monument, an empty enlightenment seat, and the most famous is the one known as the Great stupa, which is located at Sanchi in central India. These monuments derive from burial mounds and the dome shaped earthen contains remains associated…

self-discipline and spent his time teaching others the same thing. The Buddha’s remains were cremated and buried within eight large dirt mounds, called stupas in locations that were relevant to important periods in his life (pg. 414). King Ashoka built the Great Stupa, in Sanchi, India during a large Buddhist monastery. Surrounding the Great Stupa are four gateways, or toranas, that are placed at the four cardinal points surrounding the large mound. Sensual female figures hang from the brackets…

First of both of the countries practice Theravada Buddhism. This particular form of Buddhism is more conservative than the other. This particular form of Buddhism draws its inspirations from the earliest surviving records of Buddha teachings (What is Theravada Buddhism, Paragraph 1). These teachings are the Tipitaka and Pali canon. Followers believe that it is important to stick to the earliest forms to be truly connected to the religion. A second similarity between the two is that they both use…

miraculous feats, “from half of his body, water poured down; from the other half, fire blazed forth. Raining and flaming, he shone in the sky like a mountain, whose streams flowed down from the midst of fiery herbs” (Woodward, 345). Once the king is left in complete awe he converts on the spot, as it has been said that in a previous life he was associated with the Buddha. As a result, the impact of the king’s conversion story does not lie in the act of conversion itself, but in how the…