Reinventing the Wheel Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples

Name: Reinventing the Wheel Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples
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ISBN: 9780295986494

ISBN-10: 0295986492

ISBN-13: 9780295986494

Edition: 2006

Authors: Stephen F. Teiser

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Exploring the history and varied interpretations of the Wheel of Rebirth, a circle divided into sections depicting the Buddhist cycle of transmigration, this work shows how the metaphor of the wheel has been interpreted in divergent local traditions, from India to Tibet, Central Asia, and China.

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English




Picturing life and death as a wheel



The canonical version of the wheel of rebirth



Temples and legends : Western India, 350-550 C.E.



King Rudrayana's painting of the twelve conditions



La roue imaginaire en Chine



Wheels for meditation : Kumtura, Central Asia, ninth century



Wheels in cave temples : Yulin, Gansu, tenth century



Wheels in esoteric temples : Tabo, Western Tibet, eleventh century



Wheels for pilgrims : Baodingshan, Sichuan, thirteenth century



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