Onderdeel van een mandala
A mandal can be made from sevra; materials. Many mandala's are two-dimensional, such as mandala's on paper or cloth and sand paintings.
This three-dimensional mandala is placed on or near the altar. It consists of a pedestal, four rings and a headpiece. An offering of rice is heaped into each of the four rings.
Many kinds of Buddhist symbol are engraved on these rings. On the lowest ring are landscape motifs: the four mythical continents of the world, mountains, oceans and animals. The second ring has symbols of prosperity and wealth, the third symbols of auspiciousness. On the fourth ring are a banner and parasol, both signs of authority, together with a sun-and-moon symbolizing eternity. On the leaf-shaped top of the mandala there is a wheel signifying the Buddha's teaching and pointing to the Buddha as the centre of the universe
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Onderdeel van een mandala
A mandal can be made from sevra; materials. Many mandala's are two-dimensional, such as mandala's on paper or cloth and sand paintings.
This three-dimensional mandala is placed on or near the altar. It consists of a pedestal, four rings and a headpiece. An offering of rice is heaped into each of the four rings.
Many kinds of Buddhist symbol are engraved on these rings. On the lowest ring are landscape motifs: the four mythical continents of the world, mountains, oceans and animals. The second ring has symbols of prosperity and wealth, the third symbols of auspiciousness. On the fourth ring are a banner and parasol, both signs of authority, together with a sun-and-moon symbolizing eternity. On the leaf-shaped top of the mandala there is a wheel signifying the Buddha's teaching and pointing to the Buddha as the centre of the universe
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A mandal can be made from sevr ...... as the centre of the universe
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A mandala is a symbolic repres ...... y to purify the world of evil.
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Een mandala is een symbolische ...... eld te zuiveren van het kwaad.
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subject
title
Onderdeel van een mandala
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Part of a mandala
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type
offerande (onderdeel)
created
extent
3,3 x 6,6 cm
medium
spatial
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Materiële cultuurcollectie
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11840/791973
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object
provider
Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen
rights
CC-BY-SA 4.0