BUDDHIST MONASTRATIES.ppt

7/21/2019 BUDDHIST MONASTRATIES.ppt

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/buddhist-monastratiesppt 1/17

RELIGIOUS BUDDHISTARCHITECTURE.



RELIGIOUS BUDDHISTARCHITECTURE.

BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE The major features of this style are Stupas,

Stambas, Chaitayas, Viharas or Monastries.

The primitie Buddhism reje!te" a#y form of ima$e%orship&'ut represe#te" Bu""ha 'y mea#s ofsym'ols li(e Stupa , Bhodhi tree indicatingenlightment, hee! o" #a$ as first sermon as wellas corporeal vehicle of Buddha and his %ootprints.



BUDDHIST STU)AS



S&MB'#ISM A(D STRUCTURA# %U(CTI'(. Stupas are the !ir!ular tumuli 'uilt of earth.

)la#&eleatio# a#" se!tio# a#" total form "erie" from!ir!le* the most po%erful ar!hite!tural form ofBu""hism.

The te!to#i! !ompositio# !omprisi#$ The Dome of thestupa (or the anda ) The S)uare Rai!in* at the

!ro%# ( or the Harmaika )a#" The Three TierUmbre!!a +or chhatra )hae i# !ourse of time 'ee#i#este" %ith arious ela'orate $eoma#ti!& theolo$i!ala#" philosophi!al mea#i#$s.

BUDDHIST STU)AS



The stupa,surrounded by Vedica withatewa s four cardinal oints

Staggered gateway

to Pradikshna Path



The plan of pradikshna pathatthe $rou#" leel is rea"to 'e a swastik a#" pre$#a#t %ith the symbolism ofancient social cults.

The Harmi+a And Chhatra are a styli,e" visualdepictions of the famous Bhodhi tree surrou#"e" 'y thes!are" Vedi+a 'r Rai!in*.

The Torana& ere!te" after the raili#$ %as !omplete"some feet a%ay from raili#$.

The lo!atio# of its entran+e %as straggered from theope#i#$ i# the raili#$s to e#sure pria!y for the pil$rimpra"(ishi#apath.

BUDDHIST STU)AS



Northern Gateway,Great Stupa Sopana(Stairs), Great



Vedica.



BUDDHIST )AGODAS



BUDDHIST )AGODAS

A a*oda is the $e#eral term i# the E#$lish la#$ua$e fora tiered tower %ith multiple eaes !ommo# i# Chi#a&-apa#& orea& /epal a#" other parts of Asia.

Bu""hist )a$o"as %ere ofte# located in or near temples.

The mo"er# pa$o"a is a# eolutio# !omprisi#$ of a tom'*li(e stru!ture %here sa!re" reli!s !oul" 'e (ept safe a#"e#erate".

The ar!hite!tural stru!ture of the stupa has sprea" a!rossAsia& ta(i#$ o# ma#y "ierse forms as "etails spe!ifi! to"iffere#t re$io#s are i#!orporate" i#to the oerall "esi$#.



a*odas attra!t li$ht#i#$ stri(es 'e!ause of theirheight . This te#"e#!y may hae playe" a role i# theirper!eptio# as spiritually !har$e" pla!es.

0a#y pa$o"as hae a "e!orate" %inia! at the top of thestru!ture. The fi#ial is "esi$#e" i# su!h a %ay as to haesym'oli! mea#i#$ %ithi# Bu""hism1 for e2ample& it mayi#!lu"e "esi$#s represe#ti#$ a lotus.

The %inia! also fu#!tio#s as a lightning rod & a#" thushelps to 'oth attra!t li$ht#i#$ a#" prote!t the pa$o"afrom li$ht#i#$ "ama$e.

BUDDHIST )AGODAS



n !uangPagoda

The "apanese PagodaNepalese Pagoda

pagoda at Sibu,

Sarawak, #alaysia



BUDDHIST 0O/ASTRATIES




The other ar!hite!tural formatio# i# ro!( !ut ar!hite!ture%as the mo#astery proper& %hi!h is a# arrangement ofapartment for the accommodation of the mo#(s& (#o%#as a Vihara( Monastraties ).

Vihara* A typi!al 3ihara !o#siste" of a square central hall

e#tere" 'y a door way & i# fro#t of %hi!h %as avestibule, veranda, or portico.

Out of the !e#tral hall "oor %ays ope# i#to square cells !arrie" still further i#to the ro!(& ea!h of %hi!h %as thea'o"e of o#e of the 'rotherhoo".



The hemispherical Stupa %as a $eometri!al!rystalli,atio# of the ru"ime#tary mou#" of earthemi#e#tly suita'le for the ritual of e#"less!ir!umam'ulatio#.

The style of ar!hite!ture employe" i# the ro!( !utmo#asteries %as of a ery significant and evocativecharacter.

It too( the form of repro"u!tio#s& as far as the u#usual!o#"itio#s a"mitte"& of e2isti#$ stru!tural ori$i#als& the$e#eral shape of su!h %oo"e# 'uil"i#$s as %ell as eery"etail& ee# to the joi#ts a#" faste#i#$s of the !arpe#try!o#stru!tio#s& 'ei#$ e2a!tly imitated in the naturalrock.


BUDDHIST MONASTRATIES.ppt

Documents

Transcript of BUDDHIST MONASTRATIES.ppt