The Body Incantatory : Spells and the Ritual Imagination in Medieval Chinese Buddhism.

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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Copp, Paul F., 1965- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
Collection:Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhism.
Sujets:
Buddhist incantations > History.
Buddhism > China > Rituals > History.
Incantations bouddhiques > Histoire.
Bouddhisme > Chine > Rituel > Histoire.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Monasticism.
Buddhism > Rituals
Buddhist incantations
China
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface: The Body Incantatory
  • Thanks
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Dhāranīs and the Study of Buddhist Spells
  • 1. Scripture, Relic, Talisman, Spell
  • 2. Amulets of the Incantation of Wish Fulfillment
  • 3. Dust, Shadow, and the Incantation of Glory
  • 4. Mystic Store and Wizards' Basket
  • Coda: Material Incantations and the Study of Medieval Chinese Buddhism
  • Appendix 1. Suiqiu Amulets Discovered in China
  • Appendix 2. Stein No. 4690: Four Spells
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Sources
  • Index.

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