A Padmapāṇi spell-amulet from Dunhuang
- This article throws light on a slightly unusual example of a trans-cultural artefact, namely a dhāraṇī-amulet, which in this case features the imprint and creative designs of both Tibetan and Chinese Buddhist cultures, even though its basic iconic components remain rooted in Indian Buddhism. Although not unique among the Dunhuang material, it is a fascinating and slightly curious example of how Buddhism served as a common denominator for Buddhist practitioners of both cultures during the period of the Tibetan rule of Shazhou (沙州), i.e. roughly between the late 750s/early 760s and 848. The example discussed here is from the collection of the British Museum, and has for unknown reasons hitherto escaped the notice of the scholarly community.
Author: | Henrik Hjort SørensenORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-70542 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.13154/rub.br.123.109 |
ISSN: | 2628-2356 |
Subtitle (English): | observations on OA 1919,0101,0.18 |
Series (Serial Number): | BuddhistRoad Paper (2.1) |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2020/03/12 |
Date of first Publication: | 2019/11/08 |
Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
Tag: | BuddhistRoad, Project ID: 725519 |
Pagenumber: | 26 |
Note: | BuddhistRoad, Project ID: 725519 |
Relation (DC): | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/725519 |
Institutes/Facilities: | Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien (CERES) |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | Religion / Andere Religionen |
OpenAIRE: | OpenAIRE |
Licence (English): | Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International |