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Onward Toward Heaven: Burning the Nok Hatsadiling |
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Hall, Rebecca S. (著)
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Ars Orientalis
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| Volume | v.44 |
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| Date | 2014 |
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| Pages | 180 - 199 |
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| Publisher | Freer Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan |
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| Location | Michigan, US [密西根州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Rebecca S. Hall, PhD (UCLA), 2008, is visiting assistant professor of Asian art at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has authored articles on Northern Thai Buddhist banners. Her research explores the relationship between art and Buddhist practice and examines visual expressions of belief related to Buddhist cosmology. |
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| Abstract | The final rite in Southeast Asian Buddhist funerals, cremation sends the deceased to the next birth cycle. It is also a reminder of the ephemeral nature of life. Goals of heavenly rebirth are reflected in cremation structures and their visual references to heaven and Mount Meru. In the case of high-ranking monks in Northern Thailand, cremation edifices borrow from royal funerary imagery and depict the mythical nok hatsadiling (elephant-headed bird) with a prasat (palace) on its back. The structure itself and the overall event hold great meaning for everyone involved. As the prasat is burned with the body in the funeral pyre, the animal is believed to safely guide the spirit to heaven. This article examines the prasat–nok hatsadiling structure as part of a larger visual language of transition, heaven, and religious power. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 181
Bringing the Nok Hatsadiling to Life in a Cremation Structure 182
Cremation Structures in Buddhist Southeast Asia 184
Heaven on Earth: Cosmology of Death 188
Nok Hatsadiling of the Himaphan: Narratives and Meaning 190
Prasat–Nok Hatsadiling in Northern Thai Monks’ Funerals 192
The Continuing Presence of Prasat–Nok Hatsadiling Structures in Northern Thailand 195
Conclusion 195
Notes 197 |
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| ISSN | 05711371 (P) |
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| Hits | 118 |
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| Created date | 2023.10.26 |
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| Modified date | 2023.10.26 |
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