Maṇḍalas in the making : : the visual culture of esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang / / by Michelle C. Wang.
The 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 Dunhu...
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| Superior document: | Sinica Leidensia, Volume 139 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018. ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sinica Leidensia ;
v. 139. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (318 pages) :; illustrations (some color), map, photographs. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 From Dhāraṇī to Maṇḍala
- 2 The Crowned Buddha and Narratives of Enlightenment
- 3 Maṇḍalas and Historical Memory
- 4 Maṇḍalas, Repentance, and Vision
- 5 Beyond the Maṇḍala
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index.