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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Copp, Paul F., 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
Series:Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhism.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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