Receptacle of the Sacred : Illustrated Manuscripts and the Buddhist Book Cult in South Asia /

In considering medieval illustrated Buddhist manuscripts as sacred objects of cultic innovation, this book explores how and why the South Asian Buddhist book-cult has survived for almost two millennia to the present. A book "manuscript" should be understood as a form of sacred space: a tem...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kim, Jinah, 1976-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts
Buddhism > Rituals
Books > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
ART > Techniques > Calligraphy.
Bouddhisme > Asie meridionale > Rituel > Histoire.
Manuscrits sanscrits > Asie meridionale > Histoire.
Livres > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Enluminure bouddhique > Asie meridionale > Histoire.
Buddhism > South Asia > Rituals > History.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit > South Asia > History.
Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts > South Asia > History.
South Asia
History
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:In considering medieval illustrated Buddhist manuscripts as sacred objects of cultic innovation, this book explores how and why the South Asian Buddhist book-cult has survived for almost two millennia to the present. A book "manuscript" should be understood as a form of sacred space: a temple in microcosm, not only imbued with divine presence but also layered with the memories of many generations of users. The author argues that illustrating a manuscript with Buddhist imagery not only empowered it as a three-dimensional sacred object, but also made it a suitable tool for the spiritual transformation of practitioners
Description matérielle:1 online resource (432 pages).
ISBN:9780520954885

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