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The esoteric iconography of Japanese mandalas

Title
The esoteric iconography of Japanese mandalas / [by] Lokesh Chandra.
Author
Lokesh Chandra.
Publication
[New Delhi] : [International Academy of Indian Culture], [1971]

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Additional Authors
  • Yamamoto, Chikyō.
  • Ninnaji (Kyoto, Japan)
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (part folded); 56 cm.
Series Statement
Śata-piṭaka series ; v. 92
Uniform Title
  • Tantras. Mahākaruṇāgarbha.
  • Tantras. Vajradhātu.
  • Śata-piṭaka series ; v. 92.
Subjects
Note
  • Reproduction of a set of xylographic prints from Omuro (Ninnaji) Monastery, illustrating the deities of the Mahākaruṇāgarbha and Vajradhātu tantras.
Contents
A review of researches in maṇḍala and esoteric Buddhist art by Japanese scholars, by C. Yamamoto.--The Gobu-shingan of Subhakarasiṁha, by C. Yamamoto.--List of ritual texts and figures of esoteric Buddhism in Japan contained in the icoconographic section of the Taishō edition of the Chinese Buddhist Tripiṭaka, by C. Yamamoto.
LCCN
72928440
OCLC
  • ocm00447981
  • SCSB-3897679
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries