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DEVOTION
IMAGE, RECITATION, AND CELEBRATION OF THE VESSANTARA EPIC IN NORTHEAST THAILAND |
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Thomas Kaiser, Leedom Lefferts, Martina Wernsdorfer |
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Hardback |
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£42.00 |
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£34.65 |
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£7.35 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3897905000 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783897905009 |
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| Publisher: |
ARNOLDSCHE |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2017 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Six Vessantara Jataka picture scrolls published in full length for the very first time, with in depth essays exploring an ancient Buddhist text. |
| Synopsis: |
The Vessantara Jataka is the tale of Buddha's last life, before he was reborn as the historical Buddha 2,500 years ago. In this earlier existence as Prince Vessantara he demonstrated evidence of the highest virtue that constitutes an enlightened man: generosity. Vessantara gave away everything dear to him - in the climactic scene of the story, even his wife and children. In North-East Thailand the Vessantara tale is celebrated annually as Bun Phra Wet. Pha Phra Wet - 'Vessantara cloths' - form the visual framework for this festival; they are hand-painted scrolls, which can reach lengths of up to one hundred metres. Devotion presents, for the very first time, a selection of six full-length Vessantara scrolls and explores a contemporary multimedia celebration of an ancient Buddhist text. This book accompanies an exhibition, to be held in the Ethnographic Museum at the Universtity of Zurich (CH), 20.6.2017 to 15.4.2018. |
| Illustrations: |
116 colour, 5 b&w |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Arnoldsche |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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