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The Body Incantatory : Spells and the Ritual Imagination in Medieval Chinese Buddhism.
Whether chanted as devotional prayers, intoned against the dangers of the wilds, or invoked to heal the sick and bring ease to the dead, incantations were pervasive features of Buddhist practice in late medieval China (600-1000 C.E.). Material incantations, in forms such as spell-inscribed amulets a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhism.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |