Receptacle of the sacred :: illustrated manuscripts and the Buddhist book cult in South Asia /

In considering medieval illustrated Buddhist manuscripts as sacred objects of cultic innovation, this book explores how and why the South Asian Buddhist book-cult has survived for almost two millennia to the present. A book "manuscript" should be understood as a form of sacred space: a tem...

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Main Author: Kim, Jinah, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013
Series:South Asia across the disciplines.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:In considering medieval illustrated Buddhist manuscripts as sacred objects of cultic innovation, this book explores how and why the South Asian Buddhist book-cult has survived for almost two millennia to the present. A book "manuscript" should be understood as a form of sacred space: a temple in microcosm, not only imbued with divine presence but also layered with the memories of many generations of users. The author argues that illustrating a manuscript with Buddhist imagery not only empowered it as a three-dimensional sacred object, but also made it a suitable tool for the spiritual transformation of practitioners
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0520954882
9780520954885

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