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The esoteric iconography of Japanese mandalas / Lokesh Chandra.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Portfolio N8193.3.M3 L6
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lokesh Chandra.
- Series:
- II00 aSatapiṭaka, vv. 92.
- Śata-piṭaka series ; v. 92.
- Śata-Pitaka series. Indo-Asian literatures ; v. 92
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mandala (Buddhism).
- Wood-engraving, Japanese.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (part folded) ; 56 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [New Delhi] : [International Academy of Indian Culture], [1971]
- Contents:
- A review of researches in maṇḍala and esoteric Buddhist art by Japanese scholars, by C. Yamamoto.
- The Gobu-shingan of Subhakarasiṁha, by C. Yamamoto.
- List of ritual texts and figures of esoteric Buddhism in Japan contained in the icoconographic section of the Taishō edition of the Chinese Buddhist Tripiṭaka, by C. Yamamoto.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of a set of xylographic prints from Omuro (Ninnaji) Monastery, illustrating the deities of the Mahākaruṇāgarbha and Vajradhātu tantras.
- OCLC:
- 447981
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