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Some of the 729 stupas known as the world's largest book at the Kuthodaw Pagoda Mindon Min had the pagoda built as part of the traditional foundations of the new royal city of Mandalay in 1857. He was later to convene the Fifth Buddhist Synod in 1871, but wanted to leave a great work of merit by having the Tipitaka set in stone for posterity ...
Kuthodaw pagoda, view from the middle enclosure (south) One of the stone inscriptions, originally in gold letters and borders, at Kuthodaw The pagoda itself was built as part of the traditional foundations of the new royal city which also included a pitakat taik or library for religious scriptures, but King Mindon wanted to leave a great work of merit for posterity meant to last five millennia ...
Kuthodaw Pagoda – Some of the 729 stupas known as the world's largest book; Kuthodaw Pagoda (The World's Biggest Book): Built by King Mindon in 1857, this pagoda modeled on the Shwezigon Pagoda at Nyaung-U, is surrounded by 729 upright stone slabs on which are inscribed the entire Tipiṭaka as edited and approved by the Fifth Buddhist council.
Sunset from Mandalay Hill. Once on the terrace of the Sutaungpyei Pagoda, a panoramic view of the Mandalay plain stretches far to the horizon, with the old city walls and moat, the Thudhamma Zayats (rest houses), various stupas around such as the Kuthodaw Pagoda and its 729 satellite stupas each housing a page inscribed in stone the world's largest book (the entire Pali Buddhist Canon ...
A cabinet containing a modern edition of the entire Pali Canon The Kuthodaw Pagoda, consisting of 729 stupas containing the world's largest ... In Chinese culture, ...
Ancient pagodas are built in the Mon style, Bagan Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan. Alodawpyi Pagoda; Ananda Temple; Bupaya Pagoda; Dhammayangyi Temple; Dhammayazika Pagoda; Gawdawpalin Temple; Htilominlo Temple; Lawkananda Pagoda; Mahabodhi Temple; Manuha Temple; Mingalazedi Pagoda; Payathonzu Temple; Shwegugyi Temple; Shwesandaw Pagoda; Shwezigon ...
The Kuthodaw Pagoda complex, each of the 729 stone-inscription caves contains a marble slab inscribed on both sides with text from the Pali Canon. An influential modernist figure in Myanmar was king Mindon Min (1808–1878), known for his patronage of the Fifth Buddhist council (1871) and the Tripiṭaka tablets at Kuthodaw Pagoda (still the ...
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