Mandala of Nepala Mandala (Buddhist Art and Cultural Traditions of Kathmandu Valley) - Softcover

Dr. Milan Ratan Shakya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 818363124X ISBN 13: 9788183631242

Publisher: Adarsh Books, 2017

Synopsis

Language: English
Pages: 230 (18 B & W & 27 Color Illustrations )
About the Author

Dr. Milan Ratna Shakya, Head of Central Department of Buddhist Studies (C-DOBS), Tribhuvan University, is Associate Professor of Nepalese History, Culture and Archaeology (NeHCA). He taught at Central Department of NeHCA, Tribhuvan University from 1989 to 2009. Illustrator and Cartoonist at Gorkhapatra Sansthan, his works featured in Gorkhapatra and The Rising Nepal, and later on he also served as Senior Artist and Art Coordinator.

Reputed painter of landscapes in water colour, surrealistic paintings in oil, and traditional paintings in acrylic, his works have been exhibited at national and international exhibitions since 1980.

Former Council Member of Royal Nepal Academy, he is the author of a number of books: Ganesa in Medieval Nepal, The Cult of Bhairava in Nepal, Aestheticism of Durga in Nepal, Manjusri Cult of Nepal Valley, Ancient Stone Images of Buddha & Bodhisattva in Nepal and Namo Buddhaya: A Buddhist Study.

Preface

This book is the effort of a decade long journey of my teaching and writing of Nepalese history, religion, culture, and art after earning a Ph.D. on "The Concept, Art-form and Aestheticism of Ganesa in Malla Period (c.1200 —1769)" in 2005 from Tribhuvan University. It further inspired me to publish Ganesh in Medieval Nepal (Rupa & Co., 2006), The Cult of Bhairva in Nepal (Rupa & Co., 2008), Ancient Stone Images of Buddha & Bodhisattva in Nepal (CNAS, Tribhuvan University, 2011), The Culture & Aesthetics of Durga in Nepalamandala (Adarsh Books, 2012), and Namo Buddhaya: A Buddhist Study (Buddhabhava, 2013).

The present book contains the revised and refined version of the papers I presented in international seminars and confere

Edition details

• Publisher: Adarsh Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 818363124X
• ISBN 13: 9788183631242
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English