Stupa: Cult and Symbolism

Stupa as a monument, its symbolism, ritual and construction have been studied in modern scholarship for the last two hundred years. This volume reproduces a number of studies of Prof. Gustav Roth on its architectural details, philosophical concepts it embodies, its symbolic significance in a number of Sanskrit texts. The volume is rich in new material and fresh interpretations of the stàupa which was central to the Buddhist conceptual world, so much so that the present Chinese currency note of 1 yuan issued in 1999 shows stàupas in the waters of oceanic consciousness.;;This volume contains contributions from four scholar, rich in new materal and fresh interpretations of the Stupa which was central to the Buddhist conceptnal word.