3 Cosmos in Offering: Piling a Mountain of Treasures

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on Translations, Transliterations, and Titles xi
5. List of Illustrations xiii
6. Map xix
7. Introduction: Orienting Space and Self 1
8. 1 Cosmos in Texts: Explaining the Blueness of the Sky 17
9. 2 Cosmos in the Maṇḍala: Salvation through Geography 63
10. 3 Cosmos in Offering: Piling a Mountain of Treasures 109
11. 4 Cosmos in Architecture: Sacred Space and Murals 169
12. Conclusion: Portraits of Landscapes 227
13. Notes 237
14. Bibliography 257
15. Index 271