Past Continuity and Recent Changes in the Ritual Practice of Newar Buddhism

Reflections on the Impact of Tibetan Buddhism and the Advent of Modernity

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ID20053777
AuthorsAlexander von Rospatt (Lumbini Eye Institute, corresponding author)
Year2012
Pages209-240
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueRevisiting rituals in a changing Tibetan context (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004235007_010
OpenAlexW2502033143
ISBN9789004235007
LanguageEN
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mitting myself to a more specific term such as those used to identify the seven "levels of intervention" that James Marston Fitch (Historic Preservation, 1982) distinguishes "according to a scale of increasing radicality," namely "1. preservation; 2. restoration; 3. conservation and consolidation; 4. reconstitution; 5. adaptive reuse; 6. reconstruction; 7. replication." As I explain below, the 'renovations' of the Svayambhcaitya were major affairs, involving the replacement of the central wooden axis and the dismantling of the entire superstructure above the dome as well as its reconstruction with new materials. They were hence rather radical forms of "interventions." Since none of the seven terms as defined by Fitch adequately captures the case of Svayambh, and since I am not aware of another technical term that would do so, I chose to use instead the unspecific term 'renovation', rather than opting for a more precise, technical term that would not fit accurately

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