Buddhism across Asia : networks of material, intellectual and cultural exchange. Volume 1 / edited by Tansen Sen.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Sen, Tansen, 1967- editor.

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Conference Name:

Conference on Buddhism across Asia: Networks of Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchange (2009 : Singapore) http://viaf.org/viaf/105145857820123020193

Series:

Nalanda-Sriwijaya series

Nalanda-Sriwijaya Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Asia--History--Congresses.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 482 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Singapore : ISEAS Publishing ; New Delhi : Manohar, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Volume 1. Part I: Transmission of Buddhism before the seventh century

1. Networks for Long-distance Transmission of Buddhism in South Asian Transit Zones / by Jason Neelis

2. Truth and Scripture in Early Buddhism: Categorial Reduction as Exegetical Method in Ancient Gandhara and Beyond / by Stefan Baums

3. Now You Hear it, Now You Don't: The Phrase "Thus Have I Heard" in Early Chinese Buddhist Translations / by Jan Nattier

4. The First Agama Transmission to China / by Elsa Legittimo

5. What is a "Hinayana Zealot" Doing in Fifth-Century China? / by Daniel Boucher

6. Meditation Traditions in Fifth-Century Northern China: With a Special Note on a Forgotten "Kasmiri Meditation Tradition Brought to China by Buddhabhadra (359-429) / by Chen Jinhua

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7. Transmission of the Dharma and Reception of the Text: Oral and Aural Features in the Fifth Chapter of the Book of Zambasta / by Giuliana Martini. Part II: Buddhism across Asia between the seventh and fifteenth centuries

8. On Kuiji's Sanskrit Compound Analyses: Transmission of Sanskrit Grammar in the Early Tang Dynasty / by Teng Weijen

9. Abridged Teaching (Lue Jiao): Monastic Rules between India and China / by Ann Heirman

10. From Nalanda to Chang'an: A Survey of Buddhist Libraries in Medieval China (618-907) / by Wang Xiang

11. Multiple Traditions in One Ritual: A Reading of the Lantern-Lighting Prayers in Dunhuang Manuscripts / by Chen Huaiyu

12. The Idea of India (Tenjiku) in Pre-Modern Japan: Issues of Signification and Representation in the Buddhist Translation of Cultures / by Fabio Rambelli

13. The Buddhist Image Inside-Out: On the Placing of Objects Inside Statues in East Asia / by James Robson

14. Indian Abhidharma Literature in Tibet: A Study of the Vijnana Section of Sthiramati's Pancaskandhakavibhasa / by Jowita Kramer

15. From Asoka to Jayavarman VII: Some Reflections on the Relationship between Buddhism and the State in India and Southeast Asia / by Hermann Kulke

16. The Theravada Buddhist Ecumene in the Fifteenth Century: Intellectual Foundations and Material Representations / by Tilman Frasch. Part III: Buddhist connections after the fifteenth century

17. The Sphere of the Sasana in the Context of Colonialism / by Anne M Blackburn

18. Patronage and Place: The Shwedagon in Times of Change / by Elizabeth Howard-Moore

19. Wang Hongyuan and the Import of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism to China during the Republican Period / by Erik Schicketanz

20. Buddhist Practices and Institutions of the Chinese Community in Kolkata, India / by Zhang Xing.

Notes:

"Papers originally presented to a Conference on Buddhism across Asia: Networks of Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchange, organized by Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre at ISEAS and held in Singapore from 2 to 5 February 2009"--Title page verso

"Co-published by Manohar Publishers & Distributors; Manohar ISBN 9789350980453 for distibution in South Asia"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ISEAS, viewed on June 7, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version: Conference on Buddhism across Asia: Networks of Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchange (2009 : Singapore). Buddhism Across Asia.

ISBN:

9789814519335

9814519332

Publisher Number:

90103148737

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.