Publication

2015 - Verlag und Datenbank für Geisteswissenschaften, Weimar, Germany

Language

English

Word Count

65,750 words, Guess

Page Count

263 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-103897396416
  • ISBN-139783897396418
  • OCLC Control Number913722558
  • Better World BooksP9-BRM-045
  • Open LibraryOL44443260M

Classifications

  • LCCN8193.3 .R58 2015

Description

This publication investigates the ritual and cultural contexts in which art and representations of Buddhist thought were used in East and Central Asia. The book contains nine essays by specialists in the field. The contributions range from the Buddhist cult of relics in ancient China and material evidences for Buddhist rituals of confession and repentance in North Chinese cave temples of the 6th and early 7th centuries to aspects of cultural exchange, regional innovation, and traditions of imperial workmanship as means of dynastic power. The development of popular iconographies based on Avatamsaka doctrine in Tang China and the Korean kingdom of unified Silla is discussed.

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