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Title: Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship by Eleanor Mannikka ISBN: 0-8248-2353-2 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Detailed Interpretation of Angkor Wat
Comment: Eleanor Mannikka's grand idea is that the symbolism of Angkor Wat can be understood by interpreting the most significant measurements on the temple as references to Cambodian astronomical, calendrical, and religious concepts. Thus, for example, she identifies some distances, on the entrance bridge and outer enclosure, as referring to the Four Ages (yugas) of Hindu cosmology. The Churning of the Sea of Milk, at the Western Entrance, symbolizes the annual orbital oscillations of the sun and moon between summer and winter solstices. The third enclosure records, in its dimensions, some important events of Suryavarman's reign, and indicates that the king was symbolically bringing a new "golden age" to mankind. The upper levels of the temple represent Mt. Meru, the home of the gods and especially of Vishnu, who is the supreme deity in this temple. The measurements in this part of the temple include a mandala of the gods with lunar and solar astronomical cycles.
In addition to its architectural symbolism, the temple's measurements also provide a great deal of information about the third gallery reliefs, and even help identify which gods would be represented by the (now absent!) statues that were set up in various locations in the temple.
Mannika's book will be accessible to most interested readers, especially now that it has been issued in softcover. While the book does contain (necessarily!) a lot of long and involved calculations, it is possible for the reader to skip over the numerical details and still get a good sense of the author's interpretations and conclusions.
Rating: 2
Summary: Absurdity
Comment: This book is absurdity if compare with the article that the author wrote with Robert Stencel in 1969. There is no advancement within 20 years of her thought. Postulation in numerology cannot extract the true meaning of its acrchitecture. The only worthful knowledge of this book is the calendrical interpretation of the 'Churning of the Milky Ocean' relief but it still lacks the connexion with the meaning of architecture.
Rating: 2
Summary: Fixation and Absurdity
Comment: This book is obsession and absurdity when compare with the article that the author wrote with Robert Stencel and Fred Gifford in 1976. There is no advancement within 20 years of her thought. Postulation in numerology cannot extract the true meanings of its architecture. The only worthful knowledge of this book is the calendrical interpretation of the 'Churning of the Milky Ocean' relief but it still lacks connexion with the essence of this architecture.
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Title: Khmer Mythology: Secrets of Angkor by Vittorio Roveda ISBN: 0834804247 Publisher: Weatherhill Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Civilization of Angkor by Charles Higham ISBN: 0520234421 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Angkor : A Guide to the Temples by Jean Laur ISBN: 2080107232 Publisher: Flammarion Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Ancient Angkor by Claude Jacques, Michael Freeman ISBN: 0834804263 Publisher: Weatherhill Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Angkor: Celestial Temples of the Khmer by Jon Ortner, Ian W. Mabbett, James Goodman, Eleanor Mannikka, Ian Mabbett, John Sanday ISBN: 0789207184 Publisher: Abbeville Press, Inc. Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
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