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Vajrayana Art and Iconography |
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Author |
Andresen, Jensine
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Source |
Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science
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Volume | v.35 n.2 |
Date | 2000.06 |
Pages | 357 - 370 |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
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http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/
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Location | Oxford, UK [牛津, 英國] |
Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
Language | 英文=English |
Note | 200; Boston University, School of Theology
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Keyword | Homology; Madhyamika; Mandala; Tantra; Vajrayana; Yab-yum; Melothesia; Andresen, Jensine; Tibet; Iconography; Art |
Abstract | Iconographic imagery in the Indo-Tibetan BuddhistTantric (i.e., Vajraya–na) tradition is replete with polymorphic sym-bolic forms. Tantric texts themselves are multivalent, addressing as-tronomy, astrology, cosmology, history, embryology, physiology,pharmacology, alchemy, botany, philosophy, and sexuality. The S ́ri–Ka–lacakra, a medieval Indo-Tibetan manuscript of great import, de-scribes ritual visualization sequences in which practitioners visualizeelaborate manidiala designs and deified yab-yum (father-mother) con-sort couples. The Ka–lacakra system is the preeminent conduit for theglobalization of Tibetan Buddhism, and contemporary enactmentsof its initiation ceremony incorporate a variety of aesthetic genres,including sand manidiala construction and ritual dance. |
ISSN | 05912385 (P); 14679744 (E) |
Hits | 505 |
Created date | 2001.05.09
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Modified date | 2020.01.06 |
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