Buddhism in Central Asia III : impacts of non-Buddhist influences, Doctrines / edited by Lewis Doney [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doney, Lewis, editor.

Series:

Dynamics in the History of Religions Series

Dynamics in the History of Religions Series ; v.14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Asia, Central.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (511 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, [2023]

Summary:

Part III of the Buddhism in Central Asia explores the impact of non-Buddhist influences on, and doctrinal issues in, Buddhist traditions within and between inter alia the Silk Road, China, Tibet, and the Uyghur and Tangut Empires.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

In Memoriam: Jan Assmann

In Memoriam: Diego Loukota

Foreword

Acknowledgements

General Abbreviations

Bibliographic Abbreviations

Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction The Meeting of Religious Traditions and of Beliefs in Eastern Central Asia

Part 1 Impacts of Non-Buddhist Influences

Chapter 1 Islamic Expansion into Central Asia and Muslim-Buddhist Encounters

Chapter 2 Witch Women and Amorous Monkeys: Non-Buddhist Substrata in Khotanese Religion

Chapter 3 Uyghur Buddhism and the Impact of Manichaeism and Native Religion: The Case of Religious Terminology

Chapter 4 The Christian Communities in Tang China: Between Adaptation and Religious Self-Identity

Chapter 5 On the Presence and Influence of Daoism in the Buddhist Material from Dunhuang

Chapter 6 Non-Buddhist Superhuman Beings in Early Tibetan Religious Literature

Chapter 7 The Fluid Lives of Tibetan Ritual Narrations during the Imperial and Post-Imperial Period

Part 2 Doctrines

Chapter 8 People, Places, Texts, and Topics: Another Look at the Larger Context of the Spread of Chan Buddhism in Eastern Central Asia during the Tibetan Imperial and Post-Imperial Period (7th-10th C.)

Chapter 9 Sino-Tibetan Scholasticism: A Case Study of the Pratītyasamutpādahṛdaya in Dunhuang

Chapter 10 Prostration as wuti toudi 五 投地 or wulun toudi 五 投地? A Possible Trace of Contacts between Certain Uyghur Translators and Esoteric Buddhism

Chapter 11 The Funerary Context of Mogao Cave 17

Bibliography

Index of Deities and Buddhas

Index of Dynasties, Kingdoms, and Empires

Index of Personal Names

Index of Places

Index of Technical Terms

Index of Text Names.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789004687288

9004687289