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A Case of Identity: Who Is the Cosmological Buddha?
Author Howard, Angela F. (著)
Source Rivista degli studi orientali
Volumev.91 n.1/4 NUOVA SERIE
Date2018
Pages181 - 209
PublisherSapienza - Universita di Roma
Publisher Url https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina-strutturale/home
LocationRoma, Italy [羅馬, 義大利]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
NoteAuthor Affiliation: Rutgers University, USA.
KeywordCosmological Buddha; Śākyamuni; Vairocana; Kuča; Dunhuang; Avataṃsakasūtra; Da fangbian Fo baoenjing
AbstractUsing textual sources and visual evidence gathered in Central Asia and in China proper, this article addresses the following issues: the Central Asian origin of the Cosmological Buddha as Śākyamuni – specifically in the northern Kingdom of Kuča and not southern Khotan; the process of acculturation which intervened when in the late 5th century the image was transmitted to China where it was transformed from the original Cosmological Śākyamuni into a Cosmological Vairocana; the Tang period as the golden age of this iconography in the Dunhuang caves; and, in concluding, the simultaneous presence of two identities – a Cosmological Śākyamuni and a Cosmological Vairocana – as the teaching of the Da fangbian Fo baoenjing or Sūtra of the Buddha Repaying [his Parents’] Kindness with Great Skillful Means joined the Huayanjing or Flower Garland Scripture.
Table of contentsThe Central Asian stage of the Cosmological Buddha – its doctrinal and visual origins 182
The Chinese stage of the Cosmological Buddha identified as Vairocana 193
The evolution of the Cosmological Vairocana in Dunhuang during the Tang Dynasty 198
The coexistence of two images: a traditional Śākyamuni and a Cosmological Śākyamuni based on the Baoenjing Sūtra 202
References 208
Primary sources 208
Secondary sources 208
ISSN03924866 (P); 17241863 (E)
DOI10.19272/201803804011
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Created date2024.06.18
Modified date2024.06.19



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