Dīpaṅkara Buddha and the Patan Samyak Mahādāna in Nepal: Performing the Sacred in Newar Buddhist Art
Every four years, in the middle of a cold winter night, devotees bearing images of 126 Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and other important deities assemble in the Nepalese city of Patan for an elaborate gift giving festival known as Samyak Mahādāna (“The Perfect Great Gift”). Celebrated by Nepal’s Newar Budd...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2014
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3635 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4679&context=etd |