Gold Palaces: Merit, Beauty, and Perfection in the Cremation Structures of Monks in Northern Thailand
Cremation structures serve the utilitarian purpose of incinerating a corpse to aid transition from life to death, but in contemporary practice in Northern Thailand, opulent, golden-colored cremation structures called prasat sop also create a stunning sight that give local viewers a deeper understand...
| Published in: | MAVCOR journal |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Yale University
2021
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MAVCOR journal
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| Further subjects: | B
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B Gold B Buddhism B Ritual B Prasat Sop B Funerary B Death B Cremation |
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| Summary: | Cremation structures serve the utilitarian purpose of incinerating a corpse to aid transition from life to death, but in contemporary practice in Northern Thailand, opulent, golden-colored cremation structures called prasat sop also create a stunning sight that give local viewers a deeper understanding of all sentient beings’ connection to death. |
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| ISSN: | 2475-2428 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: MAVCOR journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.22332/mav.ess.2021.8 |