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Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship

By Eleanor Mannikka

Book information

Year
1996
ISBN
0824817206, 9780824817206, 9780585362755
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
26 MB (27677917 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
350\350
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Bringing the principles of 12th-century Khmer temple architecture to the modern world, this text finds that the key to understanding the temple lies in the measurement system used by its original builders. By translating metres into cubits, the author uncovered a highly sophisticated system of philosophical and religious principles expressed in the temple measurements themselves. The measurements connect the temple to the stars and the cosmos, bridge the gap between human and divine realms, help unite the king and his deity - in short, they define how time, space, kingship and divinity exist inseparably from each other.

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