Becoming Guanyin : artistic devotion of Buddhist women in late imperial China /
"The goddess Guanyin began in India as the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, originally a male deity. He gradually became indigenized as a female deity in China over the span of nearly a millennium. By the Ming (1358-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) periods, Guanyin had become the most popular female deit...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | Li, Yuhang (Autor) |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2020]
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Colección: | Premodern East Asia--New horizons.
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Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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