Historical Origins of Borobudur

Historical Origins of Borobudur 

Historical Origins of Borobudur - Borobudur Temple is one of the famous tourist attraction in Indonesia which is located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java.Borobudur Temple was founded around AD 800-AD's by Buddhists Wahayana. In the history of Borobudur temple, there are various theories that explain the origin of the name Borobudur temple. One of them states that the name comes from the possibility borobudur Sambharabhudhara word which means "mountain" (bhudara) where the slopes are located terraces.

Historical Origins of Borobudur 

In addition there are some other folk etymology. Suppose that the word comes from the word Borobudur "the Buddha" is due to shift the sound to Borobudur. Another explanation is that the name comes from two words "coal" and "beduhur". The word bara said to have originated from the word monastery, while there is also another explanation in which the coal comes from Sanskrit which means temple or monastery and beduhur meaning is "high", or remind the Balinese language means "above". So the point is a convent or dormitory that is located on high ground.Historian J.G. de Casparis in his dissertation to earn his doctorate in 1950 argued that Borobudur is a place of worship. Based on the inscriptions and Kahulunan Karangtengah, Casparis estimate Borobudur founder of the dynasty was the king of Mataram dynasty named Samaratungga, who do the construction around the year 824 ADSponsored Links
The giant new building can be completed at the time of her daughter, Queen Pramudawardhani. Borobudur construction expected to take half a century.Karangtengah also mentioned in the inscription on the conferment of land sima (tax-free land) by CR? Kahulunan (Pramudawardhani) to maintain Thurs? L? N is called Bh? Misambh? Ra. Thurs term? L? N is derived from the first word that means place the origin, a shrine to honor ancestors, probably the ancestor of the dynasty Sailendra.Casparis estimates that Bh? Mi Sambh? Ra Bhudh? Ra in Sanskrit which means "Mount of the set of ten levels boddhisattwa virtue", is the original name of Borobudur.The location of this temple is located in the hills above the village of Borobudur, Mungkid, Magelang, or 42 km north of Yogyakarta. Surrounded Hill Manoreh stretching from east to west. While in the east there is Mt Merapi and Merbau, and the west side there is Gunumg Sindoro and Sumbing.




It takes no less than 2 million stone blocks of andesite, equivalent to a square 50.000m to build this temple of Borobudur. Overall weight of the temple to reach 3.5 million tons.Like most buildings of the temple, Bororbudur has 3 parts of the building, the legs, and upper body. Kamadhatu foot building is called, which tells the story of consciousness which is filled with lust and animalistic traits. Then Ruphadatu, which means a level of human consciousness is still bound by lust, material and shape. While no longer bound Aruphadatu passions, materials and shapes depicted in the form of the main stupa are empty. This can only be achieved with the desire and emptiness