Buddhism in Central Asia / edited by Carmen Meinert, Henrik H. Sørensen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meinert, Carmen, editor.

Sørensen, Henrik Hjort, editor.

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Dynamics in the history of religion ; v. 11, etc.

Dynamics in the history of religions ; volume 11

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Asia, Central.

Buddhism.

Central Asia.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]-

Language Note:

Text in English with some Chinese phrases.

Summary:

"The ERC-funded research project BuddhistRoad aims to create a new framework to enable understanding of the complexities in the dynamics of cultural encounter and religious transfer in pre-modern Eastern Central Asia. Buddhism was one major factor in this exchange: for the first time the multi-layered relationships between the trans-regional Buddhist traditions (Chinese, Indian, Tibetan) and those based on local Buddhist cultures (Khotanese, Uyghur, Tangut, Khitan) will be explored in a systematic way. The first volume Buddhism in Central Asia (Part I): Patronage, Legitimation, Sacred Space, and Pilgrimage is based on the start-up conference held on May 23rd-25th, 2018, at CERES, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany) and focuses on the first two of altogether six thematic topics to be dealt with in the project, namely on "patronage and legitimation strategy" as well as "sacred space and pilgrimage.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Visual Material and Transfer

1. Did the Silk Road(s) Extend from Dunhuang, Mount Wutai, and Chang'an to Kyoto, Japan? A Reassessment Based on Material Culture from the Temple Gate Tendai Tradition of Miidera / George Keyworth

2. Representations of a Series of Large Buddha Figures in the Buddhist Caves of Kuca: Reflections on Their Origin and Meaning / Ines Konczak-Nagel

3. Buddhist Painting in the South of the Tarim Basin: A Chronological Conundrum / Ciro Lo Muzio

4. `Khotanese Themes' in Dunhuang: Visual and Ideological Transfer in the 9th-11th Centuries / Erika Forte

5. The `Sogdian Deities' Twenty Years on: A Reconsideration of a Small Painting from Dunhuang / Lilla Russell-Smith

pt. 2 Practices and Rituals

6. Seeking the Pure Land in Tangut Art / Michelle C. Wang

7. The Avalokitesvara Cult in Turfan and Dunhuang in the Pre-Mongolian Period / Yukiyo Kasai

8. Bridging Yoga and Mahayoga: Samaya in Early Tantric Buddhism / Jacob P. Dalton

9. Visualising Oneself as the Cosmos: An Esoteric Buddhist Meditation Text from Dunhuang / Henrik H. Serensen

10. Beyond Spatial and Temporal Contingencies: Tantric Rituals in Eastern Central Asia under Tangut Rule, 11th-13th C. / Carmen Meinert

11. The Serlingpa Acala in Tibet and the Tangut Empire / Iain Sinclair

12. Mahakala Literature Unearthed from Karakhoto / Haoran Hou

13. Practice and Rituals in Uyghur Buddhist Texts: A Preliminary Appraisal / Jens Wilkens.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Sørensen, Henrik, Buddhism in central asia i

ISBN:

9789004415621

9004415629

9004417737

9789004417731

9789004507937

9004507930

OCLC:

1123187632

Publisher Number:

99983926224

99991472129

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access.