buried images

[John C. Huntington]

Opps

I meant "not exactly burried"

Sorry!

John


On Apr 20, 2008, at 9:05 PM, John C. Huntington wrote:
> While they are exactly "buried" images have often been put into  
> stupas as part of the relic offerings.
>
> The earliest such that I know of is the Bimran Reliquary from the  
> first century BCE and the practice continues to the present day  
> with Tsa-tsa being placed in Stupas
>
> John
>
>
> On Apr 20, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Dominik Wujastyk wrote:
>> When travelling in Kathiawar in the early 90s with Peter  
>> Schreiner, we encountered local living traditions in the Dhank/ 
>> Junagadh region of underground murtis.  These were thought to be  
>> relics from an earlier and better time, before a sage cursed the  
>> former town to sink underground. The villagers routinely  
>> discovered murtis when building the foundations of new houses, and  
>> this was their explanation.
>>
>> I would expect Tod to have records of this in his Travels in  
>> Western India.  I've found several of the legends he collected are  
>> still current in village communities today.
>>
>> Best,
>> Dominik
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Prof. Dominik Wujastyk
>> Visiting Associate Professor (Spring Semester '08)
>> Department of Asian Studies
>> University of Texas at Austin
>> http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/asianstudies/
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008, ashok.aklujkar wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Fred,
>>>
>>> As I recall, Phyllis Granoff has referred to instances of buried  
>>> images in
>>> her writings. Sorry, I cannot provide precise references at the  
>>> moment.
>>> Whether the instances lend themselves to reading a purpose of the  
>>> kind you
>>> have in mind must be determined by studying the indications in  
>>> PG's articles
>>> and in the sources from which she has drawn her information.
>>>
>>> Best.
>>>
>>> ashok
>>>
>>>
>>> Fred Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know if there is a history of burying statues or any  
>>>> other sorts of
>>> images in the ground for apotropaic or prophylactic purposes. I  
>>> came across
>>> references to burying images of Demeter and other goddesses in  
>>> the Greek (and
>>> Roman) world, and wonder if there is any such parallel phenomenon  
>>> in India or
>>> Southeast Asia. It seems to me that I have read about this  
>>> somewhere, but can't
>>> recall where.
>>> <
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
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