Expereincing Angkor Vat: An Architectural Assessment • Kirtikhacara Jayadhira • Encomium by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sombat Thiratrakoolcha, Dean of Faculty of Architecture, Chiangmai University

FROM THE BACK COVER: THIS PECULIAR BOOK CONCERNS ABOUT CRITIQUE ON THE ONTOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF ANGKOR VAT AND DISCOURSE ON DEVELOPMENT OF ITS CONCEPTION IN THE ARCHITECTURAL SPACE–TIME CONFIGURATION ACCORDING TO HINDU METAPHYSICS BY MEANS OF HERMENEUTIC PHENOMENOLOGY. THE BOOK PRESENTS A RADICAL EXPOSITION INTO THE INTENTIONALITY OF ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLISM WHICH COUNTERPOINTS TO THE TRADITIONAL INTERPRETATIONS BY PREVIOUS SCHOLARS AND WILL ENVISION READERS TO APPROACH INTO ITS PRIME ILLATION RATHER THAN SUPERFICIAL MYTHOLOGY AS COMMONLY CONCEIVED. THE MANUSCRIPT WAS ADOPTED FROM A RESEARCH IN COLLABORATION WITH FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL ENGLISH EDITION OF THE THAI PUBLICATION BY AMARIN PRINTING. THIS LIMITED INKJET EDITION INCLUDES TEXT AND 40 EXCEPTIONAL PSEUDO–LITH PLATES.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

§ Encomium by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sombat Thiratrakoolchai
§ Acknowledgement
§ Note on Transliteration
§ Prolegomenon

Part  I
The Explanation
Gist of Khmer Architecture • Suryavarman II: The Royal Yajamana • Divakarapandita: The Sthapati • Darsana: Sources of Delight • Myths as the Archetype • Axiality: The Diminution of Space and Time • Inference of Metaphysics in Plan and the Pyramidal Design • Apocalypse in the Disciplinal Superstructure of Yoga • Epilogue: The Pedagogical Architecture

Part  II
The Experience
Yasodhaman — The Site • Samvidhsth — The Plan • Bondage of Suffering • Bridge to Self–Liberation • Yatrik — The Pilgrim • Gateways to Heaven • Adorn for Abode of God • Shadiness of Execrable Human • Effulgence of Effigy  • Exuberant Motif of Cosmos • Emblem of Heroic Virtue • Cogent of Astrolatry • Façade of Aspiration • Rhythm of Time • Alignment of God • Silhouette of Epistemic Faculty • Reflection of Maya • Emergent of Causality • Empyreal Cognition • Afire Crux of Trine • Accentuation of Form • Course of Hermitage • Gallery of the Eternal Return • Rhythm of Space • Lofty of Scale • Hint of Spatial Constraint • Shadow of Predestination • Circumambulation of Light • Breath of Immanence • Victorious Steps Over Forces • Self Aggrandisement • Profile of Sikhara • Anthropometrical Mandala and Panjara • Brahman – The Ultimate Truth

§ Plan of Sights
§ Bibliography