Jewels, Jewelry, and Other Shiny Things in the Buddhist Imaginary / / ed. by Vanessa R. Sasson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2
• MitwirkendeR: Collins, Casey,; Doniger, Wendy,; Emmrich, Christoph,; Heim, Maria,; Huang, Ellen,; Lin, Nancy G,; Lin, Nancy G.,; Payne, Richard K.,; Rotman, Andy,; Sasson, Vanessa R.,; Strong, John S.,; Tarocco, Francesca,
• HerausgeberIn: Sasson, Vanessa R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 2 color, 12 b&w illustrations

Renunciation is a core value in the Buddhist tradition, but Buddhism is not necessarily austere. Jewels—along with heavenly flowers, rays of rainbow light, and dazzling deities—shape the literature and the material reality of the tradition. They decorate temples, fill reliquaries, are used as metaph...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Chapter 1. Introduction: The Emerald Buddha as a Ma
• Chapter 2. Jewels of Recognition and Paternity in Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu Traditions
• Chapter 3. Taking Refuge in Jewels
• Chapter 4. Jeweled Renunciation: Reading the Buddha’s Hagiography
• Chapter 5. Are We All Merchants? Buddhists, Merchants, and Mercantilism in Early India
• Chapter 6. “I Don’t Want a Wife without Ear Cuffs”: Jewels, Gender, and the Market among the Newars of Nepal
• Chapter 7. Ornaments of This World: Materiality and Poetics of the Fifth Dalai Lama’s Reliquary Stūpa
• Chapter 8. Beads and Bones: The Case of the Piprahwa Gems
• Chapter 9. Translating the Porcelain Pagoda of Nanjing
• Chapter 10. Luminous Remains: On Relics, Jewels, and Glass in Chinese Buddhism
• Chapter 11. Offerings for Prosperity to Wish-Fulflling Jewel Cakra Avalokiteśvara
• Chapter 12. Hidden Treasures: Wish-Fulflling Jewels in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism
• Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index