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White Lotus Press, 1998. Soft cover. Good/No jacket. Spine and cover are tanned and worn. Cover page has previous owner's signature and decorative stamp. Inside is tanned, but clean and unmarked.
Sacred Rocks and Buddhist Caves in Thailand by Munier, Christophe - 1998
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Sacred Rocks and Buddhist Caves in Thailand
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Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 1998. Paperback. xiii, 266p., profuse illustrations captioned with a substantial running text, half & half color and b&w photography, diagrams and line map; softbound in 11.5x8.5 frenchfold wraps. Slight external edgewear, and the first blank bears one Chinese rubberstamp impression in red and some ghostly pencillings by a western seller (these not fully erasable), an else unmarked, clean sound copy.
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- Publisher White Lotus Press
- Place of Publication Bangkok
- Date Published 1998
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Bangkok: White Lotus, 1998. This is the first comprehensive study in English of a fascinating but little-known aspect of Thai Buddhism and culture. Rocks and caves are major places of pilgrimage in Thailand and this book places these natural holy sites in their historical, cultural and religious context. Rocks are sacred because of their shapes or the Buddhas carved on them. Animist activities involving rocks started in prehistoric times and continue to this day. The earliest rocks integrated into a religious context belong to the beginning of the Dvaravati period (6th-8th centuries) that saw the birth and spread of Theravada Buddhism in what is present day Thailand. Caves have also been used as ritual places since prehistoric times and were inhabited by hermits and Buddhist monks during the Dvaravati, Sukhothai, Ayutthaya and Bangkok periods. They are adorned with mural paintings, stucco reliefs and statues. The book is lavishly illustrated with 300 plates, maps, and plans and provides practical…
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