The Uses of Human Malleability: Images of Hellish and Heavenly Sojourns in Pre-Modern Burma

For more than a millennium, Burmese donors sponsored elaborately decorated structures to publicize their allegiance to the Buddha’s Dhamma in its Pali version, illuminating their understanding of the human predicament. The structures always featured décor informed by revered texts, the Buddha’s word...

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Main Author: Handlin, Lilian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2020]
In: Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B niraya
B pasāda
B Pali Daw
B saṃvega
B Pagan
B vimānavathu
B ottappa
B hirī
B Burma
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