The Buddhist goddess Marishiten : : a study of the evolution and impact of her cult on the Japanese warrior / / by David A. Hall.
In The Buddhist Goddess Marishiten , David A. Hall provides an in-depth exploration of the Buddhist cult of the warrior goddess Mārīcī; its evolution in India, China, and Japan; its texts and their audience; its rituals; and, finally, its efficacy as experienced by the Japanese warrior class—the bus...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Global Oriental,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (367 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction: The Buddhist Warrior Goddess
- Mārīcī—The Warrior Goddess in India
- Molizhitian—The Warrior Goddess in China (Sixth Century) Discourse on the Incantation of the Goddess-Spell Mārīcī
- Molizhitian—The Warrior Goddess in China (Seventh Century) The Collected Dhāranī-sūtras
- Molizhitian—The Warrior Goddess in China (Eighth–Tenth Centuries)
- Marishiten—The Warrior Goddess in Japan
- Marishiten and the Japanese Warrior
- Reflections on Mārīcī’s Significance
- Selected Bibliography
- Indices and Character Glossaries.