The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva : : Dizang in Medieval China / / Zhiru Ng.
In modern Chinese Buddhism, Dizang is especially popular as the sovereign of the underworld. Often represented as a monk wearing a royal crown, Dizang helps the deceased faithful navigate the complex underworld bureaucracy, avert the punitive terrors of hell, and arrive at the happy realm of rebirth...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (376 p.) :; 32 illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction .Problems and Perspectives
- PART 1: Early Images The Bodhisattva of This Defiled World
- chapter 1. Early Scriptural Representations Texts and Contexts
- chapter 2 .Cultic Beginnings Reconsidered
- PART 2: Multiple Images This World, Hell, and Pure Land
- chapter 3. Indigenous and Accretionary Scriptures
- chapter 4 .Art and Epigraphy
- chapter 5 .Narrative Literature
- Conclusion Reassessing Dizang, Lord of the Underworld
- Appendix 1. The Scripture on the Ten Wheels Reevaluating the Traditional Dating
- Appendix 2 .Antecedents of Dizang? Kšitigarbha in India and Central Asia
- Appendix 3 .Translations of Scriptures
- Works Cited
- Index
- About the Author