Ritualized writing : Buddhist practice and scriptural cultures in ancient Japan /

Transcribing scripture (sutras) represents one of the most central devotional practices in the Buddhist world. Sutra copying functioned as a form of ritualized writing, a practice strategically set apart from more mundane forms through a set of practices and beliefs. This work highlights sutra trans...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lowe, Bryan D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Colección:Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 27.
Temas:
Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai
Tripiṭaka > Copying.
Tripiṭaka
Tipiṭaka
To 794
Calligraphy, Japanese > History.
Buddhism > Japan > History > To 794.
Transmission of texts > Japan > History.
Calligraphie japonaise > Histoire.
Bouddhisme > Japon > Histoire > Jusqu'à 794.
Transmission de textes > Japon > Histoire.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Buddhism
Calligraphy, Japanese
Copying
Transmission of texts
Kalligrafie
Buddhismus
Nara-Zeit
Abschrift
Buddhistische Literatur
Ritual
Schreiben
Japan
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Conventions ; Introduction ; Part One: Ritual Practices ; 1. Merit, Purity, and Ceremony ; 2. Ritual Compositions; Part Two: Organizations ; 3. Writing Societies ; 4. Instituting Transcription ; Part Three: Microhistories ; 5. Disciplinary Regimes ; 6. Haunted by Demons, Watched by Kings ; Epilogue ; Appendix: Names of the Kōmyōshi/Tōdaiji Scriptorium ; Bibliography ; Index ; A ; B ; C ; D ; E ; F ; G ; H ; I ; J ; K ; L ; M ; N ; O ; P ; Q ; R ; S ; T ; U; V ; W ; X ; Y ; Z.

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