The Uses of Human Malleability: Images of Hellish and Heavenly Sojourns in Pre-Modern Burma

For more than a millennium, Burmese donors sponsored elaborately decorated structures to publicize their allegiance to the Buddha’s Dhamma in its Pali version, illuminating their understanding of the human predicament. The structures always featured décor informed by revered texts, the Buddha’s word...

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Published in:	Religions (Basel, Switzerland ) Vol. 11; no. 5; p. 230
Main Author:	Handlin, Lilian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 01.05.2020
Subjects:	Burma niraya Pagan Pali Daw saṃvega vimānavathu
ISSN:	2077-1444, 2077-1444
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