Figments and Fragments of Mahayana Buddhism in India: More Collected Papers 9780824874629

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments And Other Things
Abbreviations
Figments
Chapter I. The Mahâyâna And The Middle Period In Indian Buddhism Through A Chinese Looking-Glass
Chapter II.The Phrase Sa Pŗthivīpradeśaś Caityabhūto Bhavet In The Vajracchedikâ Notes On The Cult Of The Book In Mahāyāna
Chapter III. The Bones Of A Buddha And The Business Of A Monk Conservative Monastic Values In An Early Mahāyāna Polemical Tract
Chapter IV. On Sending The Monks Back To Their Books Cult And Conservatism In Early Mahāyāna Buddhism
Chapter V. Sukhāvatī As A Generalized Religious Goal In Sanskrit Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature
Chapter VI. The Generalization Of An Old Yogic Attainment In Medieval Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature Some Notes On Jāetismara
Fragments
Chapter VII. Mahāyāna In Indian Inscriptions
Chapter VIII. The Inscription On The Ku Şān Image Of Amitâbha And The Character Of The Early Mahāyāna In India
Chapter IX. The Ambiguity Of Avalokiteśvara And The Tentative Identifcation Of A Painted Scene From A Mahāyāna Sūtra At Ajaṇṭā
Chapter X. A Verse From The Bhadracaripraṇidhāna In A Tenth-Century Inscription Found At Nālandā
Chapter XI. The Text On The “Dhāraṇī Stones From Abhayagiriya” A Minor Contribution To The Study Of Mahoeyoena Literature In Ceylon
Chapter XII. The Bodhigarbhālaṅkāralakṣa And Vimaloṣṇīṣa Dhāraṇīs In Indian Inscriptions Two Sources For The Practice Of Buddhism In Medieval India
Chapter XIII. A Note On The “Technology Of Prayer” And A Reference To A “Revolving Bookcase” In An Eleventh-Century Indian Inscription
Chapter XIV. Stūpa And Tīrtha Tibetan Mortuary Practices And An Unrecognized Form Of Burial Ad Sanctos At Buddhist Sites In India
Index Of Archaeological Sites And Findspots For Inscriptions
Index Of Texts
Index Of Subjects
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