sunken relief ‐ the backgrounds are not cut back and the points in highest relief are level with the original surface of the material being carved low/bas relief ‐ they are shallow high relief ‐ the forms stand far out from the background. sculpture‐in‐the‐round – is sculpture you can go around. subtractive process – the act of removing. Carving ‐ The technique of cutting and abrading the surface of a block of material to shape it into a particular form. additive process ‐The process of producing
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verses are chanted from the Sutra‚ which is a collection of truths and observations about the religion. Buddhists also worship through meditation to calm their mind and focus on their beliefs just as Siddhartha Gautama did. Buddhists also go to stupas for their rituals‚ which are sacred holy places of prayer and
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Chapter 8: State‚ Society‚ and the Quest for Salvation in India Megasthene‚ Seleucid Emperor * Lived during late 4 and early 3 century bce. * Indika‚ long lost book‚ quotations of the respect on Indian land‚ people‚ and society. * Ant story * Monstrous human beings * Fertile land * 2 harvest/yr of grain * Pataliputra‚ capital * Near Ganges river with timber wall with 570 towers & 64 gates. * Large armies with war elephants *
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her younger self to her young adult life and how many things can change in the matter of months. Malala describes her childhood by saying “behind our house was a grassy lot scattered with mysterious ruins‚ statues of lions‚ broken columns of an old stupa… where in the summer‚ we played parpartuni‚ a game of hide and seek” (Yousafzai‚ 15) which shows just how normal her life wise and how all Pashtuns were living in a form bliss. Conversely later on in the book on a not so happy note she illustrates
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The Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism by Min Bahadur Shakya [Text Version] e DHANET ’ UD BO B O K LIB R A R E-mail: bdea@buddhanet.net Web site: www.buddhanet.net Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc. S Y e of Nepalese Buddhism M B S A A Min Bahadur Shakya is a scholar of Newar and Tibetan Buddhism. Among his major publications are hort istory of uddhism in epal‚ . ntroduction to uddhist onasteries of athmandu alley
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Exploring cultures other than one’s own is always an interesting experience if one appreciates the basic elements of the subject of exploration. In the Northern part of Thailand or Lanna Kingdom‚ one such interesting element is the objects used in their rites and rituals. The culture of people of Lanna has been created from their embedded belief in Buddhism. They have strong belief in sin‚ the law of destiny‚ heaven‚ hell and life after death‚ which are determined by one’s past deeds. This belief
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6. Arch of Constantine Rome‚ Lazio‚ Italy This arch is religiously significant because it commemorates the battle that led the Emperor Constantine to convert to Christianity‚ thereby changing the religious landscape of the western world. The Arch of Constantine was erected to commemorate Constantine’s victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312 AD. According to contemporary historians‚ the night before the battle Constantine had a vision. He saw the symbol of chi-rho (the first
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The History Guide has been created for the high school and undergraduate student who is either taking classes in history‚ or who intends to major in history in college. The purpose of The History Guide is to better prepare yourself for your history classes and to make your time in class more enjoyable and proficient. The History Guide contains the complete content of three undergraduate courses in European history which will certainly be of use to those of you studying such topics at the college
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HELLENISTIC INFLUENCE ON BUDDHIST SCULPTURE The great Buddha statue at Bodhgaya in India stands 80 feet tall and is the first of its kind ever built in India. Its construction was completed in 1989 and was consecrated by the 14th Dalai Lama. Pilgrims come from all over the world to see the monument. It was constructed under the slogan “spread Buddha’s rays to the whole world.” What many visitors‚ pilgrims‚ and tourists alike probably do not realize is that “the Buddha” at Bodhgaya owes many of
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he gave up hunting and the slaughtering of animals. He became a strict vegetarian. His son‚ Mahinda‚ became a Theraveda monk and was sent to introduce Buddhism to Sri Lanka. Asoka spent time piously retracing the steps of the Buddha and raising stupas inscribed with moral injunctions and imperatives at holy places of pilgrimage‚ and for some two years he became a member of a Buddhist order without relinquishing his role as Emperor. Asoka’s conversion to Buddhism‚ affected with the help of his
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