The Nepalese caitya : 1500 years of Buddhist votive architecture in the Kathmandu Valley / Niels Gutschow ; with drawings by Bijay Basukala and an essay by David Gellner
Foreword / David Gellner -- Iconography -- Ritual -- The Great Caityas (Mahacaitya) -- The Licchavicaitya -- The Neo-Licchavicaitya -- The Caturvyuhacaitya -- The monumental caitya -- The Sikharakutacaitya -- The lotus motif -- Structural form and myth -- The Ramyakutagaracaitya -- Caityas with vimsatikona support -- The Padmavalicaitya -- The Jvalavalicaitya -- The Jalharyuparisumerucaitya and Sumerucaitya -- Tibetan caitya types -- Temples with caityas
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-322) and index