Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship (repost)
Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship by Eleanor Mannikka
English | ISBN-10: 0824817206 | September 1996 | DJVU | 350 pages | 26,3 mb
English | ISBN-10: 0824817206 | September 1996 | DJVU | 350 pages | 26,3 mb
Bringing the principles of 12th-century Khmer temple architecture to the modern world, this text finds that the key to understanding the temple lies in the measurement system used by its original builders.
By translating metres into cubits, the author uncovered a highly sophisticated system of philosophical and religious principles expressed in the temple measurements themselves. The measurements connect the temple to the stars and the cosmos, bridge the gap between human and divine realms, help unite the king and his deity - in short, they define how time, space, kingship and divinity exist inseparably from each other.