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Buddhist Stone Sutras in China

Shaanxi Province. Volume 2

Zhao Rong, Michael Radich (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XIV, 396 Seiten

2024
Harrassowitz Verlag
978-3-447-12144-6 (ISBN)

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This is the second bilingual (Chinese/English) volume of three on Buddhist stone sutras in Shaanxi. The volume presents the engravings on the west wall of the cave at Jinchuanwan, one of the most spectacular Buddhist caves in medieval China, built in the 660s by followers of the Three Levels School. The first contribution by Claudia Wenzel connects this cave to broader histories of various cave forms, the inclusion of colossal Buddhas in such sites, and the textual and conceptual world of the Three Levels movement. Two further articles study texts carved on the west wall: Petra Rösch indicates that the Jinchuanwan Sutra on the Seven Rosters of Buddha Names is part of a protean constellation of ritual texts transmitted in various forms, presenting several texts and sites with apparent relations to Jinchuanwan. Michael Radich investigates the Rajavavadaka-sutra, discussing how textual identity and genre were constructed and received in the period surrounding the creation of Jinchuanwan. For the first time both texts are also translated into English. Finally, Fan Bo studies the material dimensions of four inscriptions preserved at the Forest of Steles Museum in Xi'an, which similarly have connections to the Three Levels Teaching. The authors also transcribe all four texts carved on the west wall in eight registers, fully documenting them with photographs and rubbings. Besides the previously mentioned scriptures, additional texts are the Diamond Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and the Sutra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Law. A table of selected variant characters carved inside the cave completes the volume.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.02.2024
Reihe/Serie	Buddhist Stone Sutras in China-Shaanxi ; 2
Zusatzinfo	297 ill., 4 tables
Verlagsort	Wiesbaden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	285 x 375 mm
Gewicht	3145 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Gebete / Lieder / Meditationen
Schlagworte	Archäologie • China • Koreanistik • Shaanxi • Sinologie • Sutra
ISBN-10	3-447-12144-0 / 3447121440
ISBN-13	978-3-447-12144-6 / 9783447121446
Zustand	Neuware