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Maṇḍalas in the making : the visual culture of esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang
- Title
- Maṇḍalas in the making : the visual culture of esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang / by Michelle C. Wang.
- Author
- Wang, Michelle C.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 318 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 25 cm
- Summary
- The first scholarly monograph on Buddhist mandalas in China, this book examines the Mandala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas. This iconographic template, in which a central Buddha is flanked by eight attendants, flourished during the Tibetan (786-848) and post-Tibetan Guiyijun (848-1036) periods at Dunhuang. A rare motif that appears in only four cave shrines at the Mogao and Yulin sites, the mandala bore associations with political authority and received patronage from local rulers. Attending to the historical and cultural contexts surrounding this iconography, this book demonstrates that transcultural communication over the Silk Routes during this period, and the religious dialogue between the Chinese and Tibetan communities, were defining characteristics of the visual language of Buddhist mandalas at Dunhuang.
- Series Statement
- Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; volume 139
- Uniform Title
- Sinica Leidensia ; v. 139.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JQE 18-328
- ISBN
- 9789004357655
- 9004357653
- LCCN
- 2017051372
- OCLC
- 1007081279
- Author
- Wang, Michelle C., author.
- Title
- Maṇḍalas in the making : the visual culture of esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang / by Michelle C. Wang.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; volume 139Sinica Leidensia ; v. 139.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Wang, Michelle C. Maṇḍalas in the making. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018 9789004360402 (DLC) 2017057802
- Research Call Number
- JQE 18-328