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Maṇḍalas in the Making: The Visual Culture of Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang
Author Wang, Michelle C. (著)
Date2018.01.18
Pages336
PublisherBrill
Publisher Url https://brill.com/
LocationLeiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭]
SeriesSinica Leidensia
Series No.139
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
NoteAuthor Affiliation: Georgetown University
AbstractThe first scholarly monograph on Buddhist maṇḍalas in China, this book examines the Maṇḍala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas. This iconographic template, in which a central Buddha is flanked by eight attendants, flourished during the Tibetan (786–848) and post-Tibetan Guiyijun (848–1036) periods at Dunhuang. A rare motif that appears in only four cave shrines at the Mogao and Yulin sites, the maṇḍala bore associations with political authority and received patronage from local rulers. Attending to the historical and cultural contexts surrounding this iconography, this book demonstrates that transcultural communication over the Silk Routes during this period, and the religious dialogue between the Chinese and Tibetan communities, were defining characteristics of the visual language of Buddhist maṇḍalas at Dunhuang.
Table of contentsPreliminary Material i
Introduction 1
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1 From Dhāraṇī to Maṇḍala 23
2 The Crowned Buddha and Narratives of Enlightenment 51
3 Maṇḍalas and Historical Memory 122
4 Maṇḍalas, Repentance, and Vision 195
5 Beyond the Maṇḍala 234
Epilogue 271
Bibliography 275
Index 314
ISBN9789004357655 (hc)
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