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Đồng Dương Temple Chau, Mya

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The 9th century Đông Dương monastery consisted of structures with long hallways and rectangular enclosures. The brick monastery has three sections: the vihara, long hallway, and main shrine. The monastery was built with corbel roofs, which significantly darken the interior. Buddhists in Champa belonged to the Mahayana and Tantric order, focusing on observations of the cult of the Buddha and Avalokiteshvara.

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Title
Đồng Dương Temple
Creator
Chau, Mya
Contributor
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Publisher
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Date Issued
2020-06-29
Description
The 9th century Đông Dương monastery consisted of structures with long hallways and rectangular enclosures. The brick monastery has three sections: the vihara, long hallway, and main shrine. The monastery was built with corbel roofs, which significantly darken the interior. Buddhists in Champa belonged to the Mahayana and Tantric order, focusing on observations of the cult of the Buddha and Avalokiteshvara.
Subject
Buddhist Traditions; Indic Religious Traditions; Southeast Asian Religions; Monument; Temple; Altar; Religious Place; Religious Group
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2020-11-18
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0394973
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/76521
Affiliation
Non UBC
Citation
Mya Chau. (2020). Đồng Dương Temple. Database of Religious History, Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia.
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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