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The footprints of the Buddha : the text and the language
- Title
- The footprints of the Buddha : the text and the language / by Alexander Vovin.
- Author
- Vovin, Alexander
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
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- Description
- xviii, 190 pages : color illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- ""The echo of the stone/ where I carved the [Buddha's] honorable footprints/ reaches the Heaven, [...]". This book presents the transcription, translation, and analysis of Chinese (753 AD) and Japanese inscriptions (end of the 8th century AD) found on two stones now in the possession of the Yakushiji temple in Nara. All these inscriptions praise the footprints of Buddha, and more exactly their carvings in the stone. The language of the Japanese inscription, which consists of twenty-one poems, reflects the contemporary dialect of Nara. Its writing system shows a quite unique trait, being practically monophonic. The book is richly illustrated by photos of the temple and of the inscriptions"--
- Series Statement
- Languages of Asia series, 2452-2961 ; volume 25
- Uniform Title
- Languages of Asia series ; v. 25.
- Subject
- Yakushiji (Nara-shi, Japan)
- To 907
- Buddhist poetry, Japanese > Translations into English
- Buddhist poetry, Japanese
- Japanese poetry > To 794 > Translations into English
- Japanese poetry > To 794
- Japanese poetry > To 794 > History and criticism
- Buddhist inscriptions > Japan > Nara-shi
- Inscriptions, Japanese > Japan > Nara-shi
- Inscriptions, Japanese > Japan > Nara-shi > Translations into English
- Buddhist poetry, Chinese
- Chinese poetry > Tang dynasty, 618-907 > Translations into English
- Chinese poetry > Tang dynasty, 618-907
- Inscriptions, Chinese > Japan > Nara-shi
- Inscriptions, Chinese > Japan > Nara-shi > Translations into English
- Buddhist inscriptions
- Chinese poetry
- Inscriptions, Chinese
- Inscriptions, Japanese
- Japanese poetry
- Tang Dynasty (China)
- Japan > Nara-shi
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Translations.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-8428
- ISBN
- 9789004449770
- 9004449779
- LCCN
- 2021009621
- 40030620053
- OCLC
- 1204343539
- Author
- Vovin, Alexander, author, translator.
- Title
- The footprints of the Buddha : the text and the language / by Alexander Vovin.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Languages of Asia series, 2452-2961 ; volume 25Languages of Asia series ; v. 25.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Chronological Term
- To 907
- Other Form:
- Online version: Vovin, Alexander, The footprints of the Buddha Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021. 9789004449848 (DLC) 2021009622
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030620053
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-8428