The Imagery of the Cosmological Buddha / A.F. Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, A.F., author.

Series:

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.

Studies in South Asian culture ; 13.

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000

Studies in South Asian Culture ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddha (The concept).

Buddhas in art.

Buddhist cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Angela Falco Howard

Editor's Preface / Angela Falco Howard

List of Figures / Angela Falco Howard

Acknowledgments / Angela Falco Howard

Introduction / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter One The Cosmological Buddha in the Freer Gallery of Art / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter Two Hīnayāna Doctrinal Cosmology / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter Three A Comparison between the Cosmological Scenes of the Statue and the Text of the Dīrghāgama / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter Four Aniconic Symbolism in the Vertical Axis of the Robe / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter Five Iconography of the Sides of the Statue / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter Six Iconography of the Back of the Statue / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter Seven Chinese Six Dynasties Images related to the Cosmological Buddha / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter Eight Buddha's Cosmological Imagery in Central Asia / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter Nine Possible Brahmanic Influences in the Cosmological Buddha / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter Ten The Incorporation of Six Dynasties Cosmology in Different Textual and Visual Contexts during T'ang / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter Eleven Post-T'ang Examples of the Cosmological Buddha / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter Twelve Mahāyāna Doctrinal Cosmology / Angela Falco Howard

Chapter Thirteen Japanese Scholarship related to the Cosmological Buddha / Angela Falco Howard

Conclusion / Angela Falco Howard

Appendix 1 The Sūtra of Cosmology Constituting the Fourth Part of the Dīrghāgama / Angela Falco Howard

Appendix 2 The Great Vaipulya Avataṁsaka Sūtra / Angela Falco Howard

Appendix 3 The Great Vaipulya Avataṁsaka Sūtra / Angela Falco Howard

Bibliography / Angela Falco Howard

Works found in the Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō / Angela Falco Howard

Index / Angela Falco Howard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: The Imagery of the Cosmological Buddha.

ISBN:

9789004646551

OCLC:

563631917

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004646551 DOI

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