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Circular base with Stupas at Borobudur

Keywords :

Site common nameBorobudur
Type of artworkArchitecture
VillageDiang Plateau
Province/CityWonosobo
StateCentral Java
CountryIndonesia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 7
Long : 109

History of productionBorobudur is the loftiest Mahayanist Stupa in Indonesia. Constructed under the patronage of Mahayanist Shailendra dynasty, the Stupa was contemporaneous to Candi Mendut and Candi Pawon.
ArtThe circular upper plain bases, devoid of any narrative, indicate the realm of formless, Arupabhumi. On these bases there exist the perforated Stupas inside which the statues of Vairochana in Dhamacakra gesture are enshrined. The perforated Stupas indicate the transition between the form and formlessness. The topmost solid Stupa represents the supreme Adi Buddha, the first Buddha of the cosmos, the immortal one, the timeless and the formless one, the original source of the whole Buddha in the universe as well as the world.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodEarly Central Javanese Art
Age8th-9th Century A.D.
ReligionBuddhism
SectMahayana

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali