Kim, Yŏng-jae (Curator), author.

Architectural representation of the pure land : constructing the cosmopolitan temple complex from Nagarjunakonda to Bulguksa / Young Jae Kim.

[Ann Arbor, Michigan] : UMI Dissertation Services, [2011].

xxiii, 695 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

This study explores why a Buddhist monastery combined 'Buddha stupas (mahacetiyas)/caityas (cetiyas)', and 'Buddha halls/pagodas', which culminate in the cementing of twin caityas and twin pagodas, and how it was ultimately constructed applying vernacular construction methods and pre-existing building types, through two case studies; Buddhist compounds built during Iksvaku period (the second to fifth century CE) at Nagarjunakonda, Andhra Pradesh, India; and Bulguk ('Pure Land') monastery founded in the eighth century of Silla (57 BCE-935CE), Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang, Korea. It suggests a new interpretation of principles and techniques to build a Buddhist monastery, contrasting other sites in India, Central Asia, China, Japan, and Korea that follow the placement and the construction of building such as the two cases. My contention is that the monasteries were constructed through the attempts of 'adoption' and 'adaptation' which demonstrates both the universalization of shared ideas of design and a vernacularization in preference for indigenous building types and local construction methods. The first tendency towards universalization is demonstrated in the adoption of broader intellectual programs in the combination of a 'mahacetiya and cetiya', a 'Buddha hall and Buddha pagoda' modeled on the law of 'causality'; the combinations refer to sacred venues and events during the life of the Buddha from his birth to mahaparinirvana passing through great departure, meditation, enlightenment, and preaching. The combination of a hall with two pagodas was an important innovation in the Bulguk monastery. Their amalgamation inside the gallery of Bulguk-sa already appeared at some Buddhist sites in India. These include Nagarjunakonda Buddhist remains of the Mahasangkika School founded between the 3rd and 4th century A.D. The monasteries include the grouping of a mahacetiya with twin cetiyas, a revolutionary way to represent sacred places and events.

Architecture Philosophy.
Buddhist architecture India.
Buddhist architecture Korea (South)
Buddhist monasteries India.
Buddhist monasteries Korea (South)
Architecture Philosophie.
Architecture bouddhique Inde.
Architecture bouddhique Corée du Sud.
Monastères bouddhiques Inde.
Monastères bouddhiques Corée du Sud.
Buddhist architecture
Buddhist monasteries
India
Korea (South)

theses.

Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman, degree supervisor.
Leatherbarrow, David, degree committee member.
McDaniel, Justin, degree committee member.
Chance, Frank Lewis, 1952- degree committee member.
University of Pennsylvania, degree granting institution.

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