Art Of Borobudur

BOROBUDUR

Borobudur is the name of a Buddhist temple located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java. Location temple is approximately 100 km southwest of Semarang and 40 km to the northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple was founded by the Buddhist Mahayana religion around 800 years-an-Christian government in the dynasty dynasty.

The name Borobudur

Many theories try to explain the name of this temple. One of them states that the name of this possibility comes from the word Sambhara bhudhara, which means "mountain" (bhudara) where the slope-terrace located slope-terrace. In addition, there are several other people etymology. Suppose a word derived from the utterance of Borobudur "the Buddha" because of the shift in sound to be Borobudur. Another explanation is that this name comes from two words "warmth" and "beduhur". The word seems coals comes from the word temple, while there is also another explanation in which the fire originated from Sanskrit which means temple or a monastery complex and beduhur meaning is "high", or the language in Bali, which means "above". So meaning is a dormitory or a monastery which is located on high ground.

Historian J.G. de Casparis in dissertation for the doctorate in 1950 argued that Borobudur is a place of worship. Based on the inscription and Karang tengah Kahulunan, Casparis estimate, Borobudur is the founder of the dynasty ,dinasty king called Samaratungga around 824 M. Building a new giant that can be completed in the daughter, the Queen Pramudawardhani. Borobudur development is estimated to take half a century.

Borobudur Structure

Borobudur punden berundak shaped, consisting of six levels of square-shaped, three-level circular-shaped coil and a stupa as a main peak. In addition, in all levels-some levels stupa.

Borobudur is stratified ten clearly describes the philosophy Mahayana sect. like a book, Borobudur

The foot of Borobudur symbolize Kamadhatu, the world is still dominated by Kama or "low-indulgence." This section is largely closed by piles of stone that allegedly made to strengthen the construction of temples. At the close of this additional structure there are 120 stories Kammawibhangga panel. A small additional structure so that people still be able to see relief in this section.

Four floors with wall berelief on top of it by the experts called Rupadhatu. Lantainya quadrate. Rupadhatu is a world that is able to free himself from lust, but is still bound by the form and shape. This symbolizes the level of the natural, between natural and natural on the bottom. At the Rupadhatu this Buddhist sculptures found in the nook-nook on the wall ballustrade or selasar.

Start fifth to seventh floor walls berelief not. Levels is called Arupadhatu (which means do not form or does not exist). Circular floor map. This level represents the top, where people are free from all desire and the shape and form of bonds, but has not reached Nirwana. Buddha statues are placed in the stupa which closed perforated in such confinement. From outside the statues that still appears uncertain.

Highest level that describes the lack of existence is represented as the biggest stupa and the highest. Stupa described plain without holes. In the stupa is the largest ever found a statue of Buddha that are not perfect or unfinished also called the Buddha, a statue disalahsangkakan as Adibuddha, and through further research did not have a statue in the main stupa, the statue is not finished pemahatnya error in antiquity. according to the belief that a statue in the process made them really should not be destroyed. Archaeological excavation carried out in the temple this page to find many like this statue.

In the past, some of the Buddha statue along with the 30 stones with relief, the two lion statues, a few stone-shaped anchor, and sent to the gate of King Thailand, Chulalongkorn visited the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in the year 1896 as a gift from the Dutch when that.

Borobudur has no spaces such as temple worship, temples others. That there is a long alley-lane road that is narrow. Alley-alley restricted temple walls encircle level for level. In the alley-alley estimated this is the Buddhist ritual to walk corral to the right temple. Building form and structure without the room-level-rise is the development of this alleged form of punden berundak, which is the original form of architecture from the prehistoric India.

Borobudur structure when viewed from the top of the structure of the mandala form.

Borobudur structure does not use cement at all, but the system interlock rod-like Lego blocks that can stick without glue.

depicts ten levels of Bodhisattva must pass to reach the perfection become the Buddha.

Natural Beauties

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