Figments and Fragments of Mahayana Buddhism in India : More Collected Papers / Gregory Schopen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schopen, Gregory, author.

Series:

Studies in the Buddhist traditions.

Studies in the Buddhist Traditions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mahayana Buddhism--India--History.

Mahayana Buddhism.

Buddhist literature, Sanskrit--India--History and criticism.

Buddhist literature, Sanskrit.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 380 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2005]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In these articles, Gregory Schopen once again displays the erudition and originality that have contributed to a major shift in the way that Indian Buddhism is perceived, understood, and studied.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments And Other Things

Abbreviations

Figments

Chapter I. The Mahâyâna And The Middle Period In Indian Buddhism Through A Chinese Looking-Glass

Chapter II.The Phrase Sa Pŗthivīpradeśaś Caityabhūto Bhavet In The Vajracchedikâ Notes On The Cult Of The Book In Mahāyāna

Chapter III. The Bones Of A Buddha And The Business Of A Monk Conservative Monastic Values In An Early Mahāyāna Polemical Tract

Chapter IV. On Sending The Monks Back To Their Books Cult And Conservatism In Early Mahāyāna Buddhism

Chapter V. Sukhāvatī As A Generalized Religious Goal In Sanskrit Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature

Chapter VI. The Generalization Of An Old Yogic Attainment In Medieval Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature Some Notes On Jāetismara

Fragments

Chapter VII. Mahāyāna In Indian Inscriptions

Chapter VIII. The Inscription On The Ku Şān Image Of Amitâbha And The Character Of The Early Mahāyāna In India

Chapter IX. The Ambiguity Of Avalokiteśvara And The Tentative Identifcation Of A Painted Scene From A Mahāyāna Sūtra At Ajaṇṭā

Chapter X. A Verse From The Bhadracaripraṇidhāna In A Tenth-Century Inscription Found At Nālandā

Chapter XI. The Text On The "Dhāraṇī Stones From Abhayagiriya" A Minor Contribution To The Study Of Mahoeyoena Literature In Ceylon

Chapter XII. The Bodhigarbhālaṅkāralakṣa And Vimaloṣṇīṣa Dhāraṇīs In Indian Inscriptions Two Sources For The Practice Of Buddhism In Medieval India

Chapter XIII. A Note On The "Technology Of Prayer" And A Reference To A "Revolving Bookcase" In An Eleventh-Century Indian Inscription

Chapter XIV. Stūpa And Tīrtha Tibetan Mortuary Practices And An Unrecognized Form Of Burial Ad Sanctos At Buddhist Sites In India

Index Of Archaeological Sites And Findspots For Inscriptions

Index Of Texts

Index Of Subjects

About The Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780824874629

0824874625

OCLC:

1024009677