Buddhism in Central Asia III : : Impacts of Non-Buddhist Influences, Doctrines.

• Superior document: Dynamics in the History of Religions Series ; v.14
• Author: Doney, Lewis.
• TeilnehmendeR: Meinert, Carmen.; Sørensen, Henrik H.; Kasai, Yukiyo.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Dynamics in the History of Religions Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (511 pages)

Part III of the Buddhism in Central Asia explores the impact of non-Buddhist influences on, and doctrinal issues in, Buddhist traditions within and between inter alia the Silk Road, China, Tibet, and the Uyghur and Tangut Empires.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- In Memoriam: Jan Assmann -- In Memoriam: Diego Loukota -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- General Abbreviations -- Bibliographic Abbreviations -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction The Meeting of Religious Traditions and of Beliefs in Eastern Central Asia -- Part 1 Impacts of Non-Buddhist Influences -- Chapter 1 Islamic Expansion into Central Asia and Muslim-Buddhist Encounters -- Chapter 2 Witch Women and Amorous Monkeys: Non-Buddhist Substrata in Khotanese Religion -- Chapter 3 Uyghur Buddhism and the Impact of Manichaeism and Native Religion: The Case of Religious Terminology -- Chapter 4 The Christian Communities in Tang China: Between Adaptation and Religious Self-Identity -- Chapter 5 On the Presence and Influence of Daoism in the Buddhist Material from Dunhuang -- Chapter 6 Non-Buddhist Superhuman Beings in Early Tibetan Religious Literature -- Chapter 7 The Fluid Lives of Tibetan Ritual Narrations during the Imperial and Post-Imperial Period -- Part 2 Doctrines -- Chapter 8 People, Places, Texts, and Topics: Another Look at the Larger Context of the Spread of Chan Buddhism in Eastern Central Asia during the Tibetan Imperial and Post-Imperial Period (7th-10th C.) -- Chapter 9 Sino-Tibetan Scholasticism: A Case Study of the Pratītyasamutpādahṛdaya in Dunhuang -- Chapter 10 Prostration as wuti toudi 五 投地 or wulun toudi 五 投地? A Possible Trace of Contacts between Certain Uyghur Translators and Esoteric Buddhism -- Chapter 11 The Funerary Context of Mogao Cave 17 -- Bibliography -- Index of Deities and Buddhas -- Index of Dynasties, Kingdoms, and Empires -- Index of Personal Names -- Index of Places -- Index of Technical Terms -- Index of Text Names.