Nanpaya temple
The Nanpaya Temple ( Burmese နန်း ဘုရားကျောင်း ; pronounced: náɴ pʰəjá tɕáʊɴ) is a Buddhist temple in Bagan -Myinkaba, Myanmar .
history
It was built 1060-1070 under King Anawrahta and, like the Manuha Temple located next door, is associated with the Mon King Manuha; possibly it served this as a dwelling.
description
The temple stands on a spacious square base. The square temple hall and the eastern porch are made of bricks and clad with hewn sandstone. Stone lattice windows let light into the hall; there are four mighty pillars that support the upper floor including the Shikhara and are covered with reliefs; these show ornamental patterns in the upper area and figurative representations below, possibly the Hindu god Brahma , perhaps also the Mon king Manuha or the Bodhisattva Lokesvara .
Individual evidence
- ^ Härtel, Auboyer: India and Southeast Asia. 1985, p. 309.
literature
- Johanna Dittmar: Thailand and Burma. Temples and royal cities between the Mekong and the Indian Ocean (= DuMont documents. Art travel guide. ). 3. Edition. DuMont, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7701-1206-7 , p. 317.
- Herbert Härtel, Jeannine Auboyer: India and Southeast Asia (= Propylaea art history . Vol. 21). Reprint in full. Propylaen-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1985, ISBN 3-549-05666-4 , pp. 308f and Figs. 360, 361, 362a + b.
- Wilhelm Klein: Burma (= Apa Guides. ). Nelles, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-88618-991-0 , p. 231.
- Andrea Markand, Markus Markand, Martin H. Petrich, Volker Klinkmüller: Myanmar. (Burma) (= Stefan Loose Travel Manuals. ). 2nd completely revised edition. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6147-5 , p. 233f.
- Nina Oshegowa, Sergej Oshegow: Art in Burma. 2000 years of architecture, painting and sculpture under the sign of Buddhism and animism. VEB EA Seemann, Leipzig 1988, ISBN 3-363-00054-5 , pp. 57, 72.
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Coordinates: 21 ° 9 ′ 8 ″ N , 94 ° 51 ′ 26 ″ E