EditorialA nun walks around a stupa (Buddhist shrine) at Druk Amitabha Nunnery, on a hill overlooking Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 3, 2023. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
EditorialLimestone relief panel depicting the departure of Prince Siddharta; from the dome of the Great Stupa, 2nd CE. He starts on a spiritual quest that leads him to Buddhahood. His presence is symbolically referred to by the parasol held over his horse, Ka...
EditorialLimestone relief panel depicting the departure of Prince Siddharta; from the dome of the Great Stupa, 2nd CE. He starts on a spiritual quest that leads him to Buddhahood. His presence is symbolically referred to by the parasol held over his horse, Ka...
EditorialKomachi and the Stupa (Sotoba Komachi), from the series "Informal Parodies of the Seven Komachi in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro ryaku nana Komachi)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1771-1786. Dimensions: 26 x 18.4 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.). C...
EditorialKomachi resting on a stupa, no. 6 from a series of 12 prints. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1703-1713. Dimensions: 26.7 x 38.1 cm. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan.
EditorialA small village and temple stupa. . Oriental Scenery. Twenty four views in Hindoostan. London : Robt Bowyer, 1795, 1797. Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840. Oriental Scenery. Twenty four views in Hindoostan drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell. (Taken in the ...
EditorialBuddhism. Stupa. Bronze; casting, hammering, gilding, engraving. From China. 18th century. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialReliquary in the Shape of a Stupa, Kandyan period (1480?1815), 18th century, Sri Lanka (Kandy district), Ivory with engraved and painted design, H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); Diam. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Ivories, Miniature stupas were used in Sri Lankan Buddhism ...