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• Title:Buddhism illuminated : manuscript art from Southeast Asia / San San May and Jana Igunma.
  
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• Author/Creator:Camʻʺ Camʻʺ Me, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Igunma, Jana, author.
  British Library, owner.
  
• Published/Created:Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2018]
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: N8193.A2 C35 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:British Library.
  Buddhist art--Southeast Asia--History.
  Buddhist art and symbolism--Southeast Asia--History.
  Manuscripts--Southeast Asia--History.
  
• Description:272 pages ; 29 cm
  
• Summary:"Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia are centers for the preservation of local artistic traditions. Chief among these are manuscripts, a vital source for our understanding of Buddhist ideas and practices in the region. They are also a beautiful art form, too little understood in the West. The British Library has one of the richest collections of Southeast Asian manuscripts, principally from Thailand and Burma, anywhere in the world. It includes finely painted copies of Buddhist scriptures, literary works, historical narratives, and works on traditional medicine, law, cosmology, and fortune-telling. This stunning new book includes over 100 examples of Buddhist art from the Library's collection, relating each manuscript to Theravada tradition and beliefs, and introducing the historical, artistic, and religious contexts of their production. It is the first book in English to showcase the beauty and variety of Buddhist manuscript art and reproduces many works that have never before been photographed"-- Dust jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780295743783 hardcover
  0295743786 hardcover
  
• Contents:Introduction
  Buddha : the enlightened one
  Dhamma : the righteous way
  Sangha : the monastic community
  Kamma : cause and effect
  Punna : making merit in everyday life
  Appendices. List of the 28 Buddhas of the past
  Symbols on the Buddha's footprint
  Overview of the Tipitaka