Dharma and Puṇya : Buddhist ritual art of Nepal

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Dharma and Puṇya : Buddhist ritual art of Nepal

Jinah Kim and Todd Lewis

Hotei Pub., 2019

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"This publication accompanies the exhibition Dharma and Puṇya: Buddhist ritual art of Nepal at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, from 12 September-14 December 2019"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-237) and index

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Dharma and Pun ya: Buddhist Ritual Art of Nepal explores the centrality of ritual practices and the agency of people - patrons, ritual specialists, devotees - in creating and amplifying the efficacy of Buddhist art. Jinah Kim and Todd Lewis highlight the unparalleled contributions of Nepal's artisans, patrons, and ritualists in engendering artistic heritage that is an endearing continuation of Indic Buddhist traditions. The publication presents paintings, illuminated texts, statues, and ritual implements from the Newar tradition in the Kathmandu Valley. Richly illustrated with photographs of contemporary rituals, religious observances, and historical examples, the essays provide cultural, historical and ritual contexts in which objects collected in art museums were used, and animate them. By recentering the historical imagination on communities, their rituals, and popular narrative traditions, Dharma and Pun ya challenges prevailing misconceptions about Buddhism in the West and expand our understanding of Buddhism as a lived world religion. Contributors include: Naresh Bajracharya, Louis Coppleston, Sonali Dhingra, James Giambrone, Jinah Kim, Todd Lewis, Bruce McCoy Owens, Alexander von Rospatt and Sumon Tuladhar.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on Transliteration 1 Introduction Jinah Kim and Todd Lewis Catalog Section 1 Vasudhara Mandala Part I Foundations 2 Buddhism, Ritual, and the History of Buddhist Ritualism Todd Lewis 3 Overview of Newar Buddhism and Its Art: History and Community in the Kathmandu Valley Louis Copplestone Part II Buddhist Rituals and Newar Tradition 4 Understanding Newar Buddhism through Ritual Todd Lewis Catalog Section 2 Vajra 3 Vajracarya crown 4 Ritual Skull cup 5 Ritual dagger 6 Ritual dagger 7 Measuring vessel 8 Sukunda wick lamp 5 Notes on Rituals Depicted in Newar Art Todd Lewis and Naresh Bajracharya Catalog Section 9 Usnisavijaya paubha 10 Usnisavijaya paubha 11 Stupa 12 Usnisavijaya stupa 13 Model Svayambhu stupa 14 Sketch of Boudhanath stupa 15 Donor lamp 6 Popular Images of Bunga-dyah, Compassionate Localized Bodhisattva Bruce McCoy Owens Catalog Section 16 Bunga-dyah 17 Padmapani Avalokitesvara Part III Picturing Rituals 7 Performing Texts, Engendering Merits: Manuscripts and Paubhas as Ritual Objects Jinah Kim Catalog Section 18 Folios and painted book covers from a Prajnaparamita manuscript 19 Four folios from a dispersed Gandavyuha sutra manuscript 20 Three folios from a dispersed Gandavyuha sutra manuscript 21 Pancaraksa manuscript 22 Dharani Sangraha manuscript 23 Pancaraksa manuscript 24 Pancaraksa manuscript Part IV Kathmandu Valley Traditions in the Newar Context 8 Hindu-Buddhist Intersections in the Art of Nepal: Images of Avalokitesvara Sonali Dhingra Catalog Section 25 Karandavyuha manuscript 26 Sukhavati Lokesvara with Tara 27 Wooden image of Indra 28 Kala Bhairava 29 Bhairava mask 30 Buddhist sacred thread 31 Horoscope 32 Votive stupa 9 The Tradition of Vajracarya Storytellers Todd Lewis and Naresh Bajracharya Catalog Section 33 Sakyamuni Buddha with avadanas and worshipping donors 34 Sakyamuni with scenes from the Kinnari Jataka 10 On the Monumental Scroll of the Svayambhupurana Now Kept in the VMFA Collection Alexander von Rospatt Catalog Section 35 Colossal bilampau of the Svayambhupurana 36 Illustrations from the Svayambhupurana 37 Five folios and painted wooden covers of a Prajnaparamita manuscript 38 Laksacaitya Vrata Part V The Newar Artist Catalog Section 39 Buddha Amitabha and Eight Bodhisattvas 11 Notes on the Contemporary Practices of the Newar Artisan Traditions James A. Giambrone Catalog Section 40 Modern copies of a set of wooden struts and a blind window Catalog Section of Some Contemporary Ritual Objects 41 Buddhist entry paintings 42 Pikha lakhu stone for preta off erings 43 Sun God and Navagraha ritual stone 44 Girl's symbolic marriage mandala 45 Usnisavijaya caitya plaque for Bura/Buri Jamko ritual 46 Commissioned Vasundhara Sand Mandala template 47 Wooden Monastery gong (Gambha Sim) Part VI Appendices Appendix I Nepal: Period Overviews and the Time Line of the Kathmandu Valley History Louis Copplestone Appendix II The Art of Newar Ritual Vessels, an Inventory of Specialized Objects and Offerings Sumon Kamal Tuladhar and Todd Lewis Bibliography List of Contributors Photo Credits Lenders Index

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  • NCID
    BC03589395
  • ISBN
    • 9789004416413
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    engsan
  • Place of Publication
    Leiden
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 246 p.
  • Size
    27 cm
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