A study on the comparative costume fo sacredotal robe for Buddhist monk which was appeared by the Buddhist commandment in the era of Buddha and Korea

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1992;30(4):39-47.

논문편 : 율장에 (律藏) 나타난 법복과 우리나라 법복의 비교복식에 관한 연구

안명숙

광주대학교 의상학과

A study on the comparative costume fo sacredotal robe for Buddhist monk which was appeared by the Buddhist commandment in the era of Buddha and Korea

Myung Sook An

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was investigate the historical change in Kasa for the Buddhist commandment in the era of Buddha and the Korean Kasa. The original Kasa specified in Buddhist commandment has many concrete features. In contrast Korean Kasa is quite simplified and become very practical. Although we could not follow the numerous original specifications in Kasa, we must maintain and transmit Korean Kasa based in the minimum regurations. For this purpose, it is necessary to form a unified opinion and to develop a desirable specification for the Korean Kasa.