Conceiving the Indian Buddhist Patriarchs in China 9780824854287
Aśvaghoṣa, Nāgārjuna, and Āryadeva are among the most celebrated Indian patriarchs in Asian Buddhist traditions and mode
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction
1. Buddhist Sainthood in Dharmic History
2. An Indian Lineage Severed
3. Salvation in Writing and the Annex of Indian Buddhism
4. Nāgārjuna Divine and the Alchemy of Hagiography
5. An Indian Silkworm God in China
6. Buddhist Saints to Bridge the Sino- Indian Divide
Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Nanatsu- Dera Tradition of Aśvaghoṣa Bodhisattva
Appendix 2: The Canonical Tradition of Deva Bodhisattva
Appendix 3: The Ritual Manuals of Aśvaghoṣa Bodhisattva
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction
1. Buddhist Sainthood in Dharmic History
2. An Indian Lineage Severed
3. Salvation in Writing and the Annex of Indian Buddhism
4. Nāgārjuna Divine and the Alchemy of Hagiography
5. An Indian Silkworm God in China
6. Buddhist Saints to Bridge the Sino- Indian Divide
Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Nanatsu- Dera Tradition of Aśvaghoṣa Bodhisattva
Appendix 2: The Canonical Tradition of Deva Bodhisattva
Appendix 3: The Ritual Manuals of Aśvaghoṣa Bodhisattva
Bibliography
Index
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- Stuart H. Young
