Domestic Mandala : Architecture of Lifeworlds in Nepal
by
John Gray
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
075464538X
ISBN-13
9780754645382
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 28th, 2006
Print length
184 Pages
Weight
500 grams
Product Classification:
Cultural studiesAnthropology
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Providing an ethnography of domestic architecture and activities among the high caste Chhetris of Kholagaun in Nepal, this book focuses on the spatial organization, everyday activities and ritual performances that generate and display Chhetri houses as 'mandalas', sacred diagrams that are both maps of the cosmos and machines for revelation.
Describing the orientation and layout of the Chhetri house and surrounding compound; it shows how the orientation and distribution of everyday social activities with the domestic mandala shape people''s experience of the enigmas of their lifeworld as householders, and analyses the double significance of rituals that take place in the domestic mandala.
By treating the Nepali house as more than just the background of people''s everyday life, the author reveals the Chhetri everyday lifeworld as a revelation of Hindu tantric cosmology, its enigmatic illusion, and the path to liberation from it. The themes addressed in the book make a unique contribution to the fields of anthropology, architecture and human geography.
By treating the Nepali house as more than just the background of people''s everyday life, the author reveals the Chhetri everyday lifeworld as a revelation of Hindu tantric cosmology, its enigmatic illusion, and the path to liberation from it. The themes addressed in the book make a unique contribution to the fields of anthropology, architecture and human geography.
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