This emphasis on the symbolism o/ the pat h

processual), rather than that of the structure, is also

the other 0$ Buddhist sanctuary. The evidence has
perceived in the Candi Borobudur of Central Java.
The form of the sanctuary as it is seen at present" has Q
linked to the division into three regions called the bém•zi•it„
xpadk étu, and ar podhé tu known from Sanskrit and 01¢
Javanese Buddhist texts.'° The sanctuary of Borobudur ca,
vertically be divided into three parts. The lowermost is the no>
hidden foot. The walls of this hidden foot, which contain i
row of reliefs, is embedded by a wide circumambulati ng path
that have no balustrade. The reliefs gives the narrative of
Karmsribfinagga, depicting the bad and good deeds of
human beings in their ordinary life, followed by scenes of the
rewards and punishments they get in their next life. This part
of the structure has been interpreted as representing the
k0madkétu, or the “region of the wishes.”
The middle part of the sanctuary consists of a series of
five tiers of floors; the balustrades upon the edge of the lower
floor and the walls that make the next higher floor prodUCe
four concentric corridors, based on a square plan with s)1§ht
projection s. On both sides of the corridors there are rows 0$