Open AccessO código dos Budas
Author(s) -
Fernando Carlos Chamas
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
estudos japoneses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2447-7125
pISSN - 1413-8298
DOI - 10.11606/issn.2447-7125.v27i0p61-76
Subject(s) - sculpture , sanskrit , buddhism , art , art history , literature , history , archaeology
Some Buddhist sculptures have Sanskrit letters engraved in their bodies. These enigmatic marks take part in masterpiece and disclose a very ancient dialogue between the artistic and ideographical languages.