Maṇḍalas in the making : the visual culture of esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang / by Michelle C. Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Michelle C., author.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; v. 139.

Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; volume 139

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eight Great Bodhisattvas (Buddhist deities) in art.

Buddhist art and symbolism--China--Dunhuang.

Buddhist art and symbolism.

Mandala (Buddhism)--China--Dunhuang.

Mandala (Buddhism).

Civilization.

Dunhuang (China)--Civilization.

Dunhuang (China).

Tibet Region--Civilization.

Tibet Region.

China--Dunhuang.

Physical Description:

xvii, 318 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

The first scholarly monograph on Buddhist mandalas in China, this book examines the Mandala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas. This iconographic template, in which a central Buddha is flanked by eight attendants, flourished during the Tibetan (786-848) and post-Tibetan Guiyijun (848-1036) periods at Dunhuang. A rare motif that appears in only four cave shrines at the Mogao and Yulin sites, the mandala bore associations with political authority and received patronage from local rulers. Attending to the historical and cultural contexts surrounding this iconography, this book demonstrates that transcultural communication over the Silk Routes during this period, and the religious dialogue between the Chinese and Tibetan communities, were defining characteristics of the visual language of Buddhist mandalas at Dunhuang.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wang, Michelle C. Maṇḍalas in the making.

ISBN:

9789004357655

9004357653

OCLC:

1007081279