Publication details
Buddhistická pekla: Zobrazení a texty vztahující se k třetímu peklu Sangháta
| Title in English | Buddhist Hells: Depictions and Texts Concerning the Third Great Hell Sangháta |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Religio. Revue pro religionistiku |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Philosophy and religion |
| Keywords | Tibetan Buddhism; Buddha; Hell |
| Description | The genre of depiction of hells represents a very interesting segment of Buddhism. Although its Tibetan and Mongolian varieties are not as rich as e.g. Japanese, Thai, Chinese or Korean conceptions, the depictions provide sufficient subject matter for description, analysis and comparison. In the collections of Náprstek Museum in Prague a rare fragment of the text ("Prague xylograph") entitled Six Ways of Existence is found. It is a xylographic (Mongolian and Tibetan) bilingual edition accompanied with numerous manually colored scenes of hells. This "Prague xylograph" corresponds to the manuscript accompanied with color drawings located in the Ferenc Hopp Museum in Budapest. Its author is Bandida Tsewang Wangchug Dorje. This contribution focuses on the description and partial comparison of visual material of the "Prague xylograph" with Budapest drawings, as well as inclusion of the text into the broader context of time and teaching. |
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