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The present monograph is the continuation of the small work published in 1979 by Young Men’s Buddhist Association (YMBA) on the occasion of Lumbini year. At that time only line drawings of 108 forms of Lokesvaras are given in the booklet called Icons of 108 Lokesvaras. Those line drawings were replicas of the pictures drawn by the late Mr. Siddhimuni Shakya, displated at Janabaha in Kathmandu.
Sacred Art of Nepal is not a catalogue of Nepalese Museum or Art Gallery. The paubhas and thankas produced here are samples of Newar artists' contributions in the past as well as the present. We have produced here some paubhas (Newar) and thankas )ethnic Tibetan) from contemporary artists, which give us a picture and scene that had been transmitted since more than a thousand years ago. For the casual reader, one might find difficulty in differentiating paubha and ...
Legendary Nepalese Princess Bhrikuti Devi who lived around mid-seventh century A.D. is perhaps best known for having married Tibetan King Srong Chen Gampo and promulgating Buddhism through the construction of the world famous Potala Palace (which still bears her images) and Jokhang Temple which is credited to her. Although some Tibetologists regard the existence of the controversial Bhrikuti Devi as Mythological, author Min Bahadur Shakya has thoroughly ...