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'A 'mani' or Tibetan 'Prayer-Revolver', at Buddhnath. Nov. 1854'
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Watercolour of a 'mani' or Tibetan prayer-wheel,
at Bodnath Temple in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-1871),
dated November 1854. The Bodnath stupa is one of the largest in the
world and is considered to be the religious centre for Nepal's
Tibetan community. The artist, Dr Oldfield was Residency Surgeon at
Kathmandu from 1850-1863. After his death his family published his
two volume 'Sketches from Nipal, Historical and Descriptive...'
(1880), which described life in the court of the Maharajah Jung
Bahadur and also contained descriptions of Buddhist architecture,
together with illustrations from Oldfield's own drawings. Of this
image, he wrote: "On the north side of the temple, on the lowest of
the three terraces, are two small detached buildings, in the east
of which is an immense "Mani" or prayer-revolver fully six feet in
height; in the western one are some figures of
Buddha."
Title: 'A 'mani' or Tibetan 'Prayer-Revolver', at Buddhnath. Nov.
1854'
Description:
Watercolour of a 'mani' or Tibetan prayer-wheel,
at Bodnath Temple in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-1871),
dated November 1854.
The Bodnath stupa is one of the largest in the
world and is considered to be the religious centre for Nepal's
Tibetan community.
The artist, Dr Oldfield was Residency Surgeon at
Kathmandu from 1850-1863.
After his death his family published his
two volume 'Sketches from Nipal, Historical and Descriptive.
'
(1880), which described life in the court of the Maharajah Jung
Bahadur and also contained descriptions of Buddhist architecture,
together with illustrations from Oldfield's own drawings.
Of this
image, he wrote: "On the north side of the temple, on the lowest of
the three terraces, are two small detached buildings, in the east
of which is an immense "Mani" or prayer-revolver fully six feet in
height; in the western one are some figures of
Buddha.
".
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