Originating in India they were and are food bowls made from bell metal bronze or 'kanza.' Modern bowls are made from brass as sound bowls but all old bowls were used for food. I'm a old bowl dealer. These are the facts.
You make some logical points and I had similar questions years ago. Thanks to my research, the actual history of singing bowls is now known and it does not match this general knowledge. I did 25 years of research with labs, museums and universities to understand the real origin and evolution of singing bowls. You can read it in my book and everywhere I've shared it online. The earliest singing bowls are not related to early Buddhism nor are they from the bronze age - they are not that old. The historic Buddha's bowl was known to be stone and early Buddhist temple bowls were also stone. Singing bowls may have been begging bowls, temple donation bowls or general purpose bowls. Singing bowls are metallurgically and stylistically related to bowls from ancient Persia. The technology traveled from Persia to Nepal over the silk roads around the 11-12th century AD. The technology changed in the 16th century. I call them early period and late period because the technology dramatically changed. Those later singing bowls are metallurgically and stylistically related to bronze bowls from Southeast Asia, current day Cambodia and Thailand. So the singing bowls are a holdover bronze object. They have been made for the last 800-1000 years and are related to other types of bowls in a direct timeline. This is not a theory - it's been proven in the lab with top archaeological metallurgists and by comparing thousands of antique bowls to put together a cohesive timeline.
Originating in India they were and are food bowls made from bell metal bronze or 'kanza.' Modern bowls are made from brass as sound bowls but all old bowls were used for food. I'm a old bowl dealer. These are the facts.
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The video went dark halfway thru - I still listened and enjoyed your presentation .
This is an amazing documentary, i didnt know this about singing bowls
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You make some logical points and I had similar questions years ago. Thanks to my research, the actual history of singing bowls is now known and it does not match this general knowledge. I did 25 years of research with labs, museums and universities to understand the real origin and evolution of singing bowls. You can read it in my book and everywhere I've shared it online. The earliest singing bowls are not related to early Buddhism nor are they from the bronze age - they are not that old. The historic Buddha's bowl was known to be stone and early Buddhist temple bowls were also stone. Singing bowls may have been begging bowls, temple donation bowls or general purpose bowls. Singing bowls are metallurgically and stylistically related to bowls from ancient Persia. The technology traveled from Persia to Nepal over the silk roads around the 11-12th century AD. The technology changed in the 16th century. I call them early period and late period because the technology dramatically changed. Those later singing bowls are metallurgically and stylistically related to bronze bowls from Southeast Asia, current day Cambodia and Thailand. So the singing bowls are a holdover bronze object. They have been made for the last 800-1000 years and are related to other types of bowls in a direct timeline. This is not a theory - it's been proven in the lab with top archaeological metallurgists and by comparing thousands of antique bowls to put together a cohesive timeline.
Please kindly advise how many hours average to make a fullmoon singing bowl? Appreciate and thanks
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In India. Kansa used from ages. Veda all ready mentioned its massage, v sound frequency and food utensil benefit property.
My friend can you quote the Vedic info? Thanks