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The Goddess Mahācīnakrama-Tārā (Ugra-Tārā) in Buddhist and Hindu Tantrism
Author Bühnemann, Gudrun
Source Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies=倫敦大學亞非研究學報
Volumev.59 n.3
Date1996.10
Pages472 - 493
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publisher Url https://www.cambridge.org/
LocationNew York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
NoteGudrun Bühnemann, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
AbstractIt is well known that some goddesses are worshipped in both the Buddhist and Hindu Tantric traditions. A form of the Buddhist Vajrayoginī, accompanied by Vajravarxs1E47anī and Vajravairocanī, is the prototype of the Hindu Chinnamastā accompanied by Ḍākinī and Varxs1E45inī. Forms of Ekajaxs1E6Dā and Mañjughoxs1E63a were adopted from the Buddhist pantheon into the Hindu and worshipped by the same name. Usually it is not easy to trace how and when these adaptations took place. In the case of Mahācīnakrama-Tārā, a special form of Tārā, it has long been suspected that the goddess was imported from the Buddhist Tantric pantheon into the Hindu pantheon. In this paper I demonstrate, on the basis of clear textual evidence, how the goddess's description in a Buddhist sādhana was incorporated into the Hindu Phetkārixs1E45ītantra, which was then quoted as an authoritative source regarding the goddess by later Hindu Tantras. I further examine representations of the goddess in art, and provide a new edition and translation of two sādhanas of Mahācīnakrama-Tārā.
ISSN0041977X (P); 14740699 (E)
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Created date2015.01.21
Modified date2019.06.25



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