Transfer of Buddhism Across Central Asian Networks (7th to 13th Centuries)

222 wilkens is not a direct translation of any known Chinese original but rather a com- pilation of selective excerpts from vari ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 223 Kingdom,130 so the Uyghurs received some texts from the Central dynasties in ...

224 wilkens Whether these different approaches were complementary135 or whether they caused friction and dissent is not mirrored ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 225 of the Buddha and recited sūtras in an Indian language. During their religiou ...

226 wilkens landmark for Mongol Buddhism and Uyghur Buddhist culture a mediator of Buddhist terminology comparable to the influe ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 227 by two s̩ūfi ̄s, Jamāl al-Dīn and is son Arshad al-Dīn, and “their descendant ...

228 wilkens Buddhism, and not to Tantric Buddhism in the strict sense. A careful evalua- tion of Uyghur Esoteric Buddhism and Ta ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 229 Sulaymān himself is praised in a Uyghur alliterative poem.165 The number of U ...

230 wilkens from Tibetan dkon mchog.172 This ruler and his family are mentioned in several colophons,173 and Könčök even appears ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 231 dated to the middle of the 14th century and are important witnesses of the ca ...

232 wilkens · meditation,196 · worship,197 · or even more specific: burning of incense,198 · purification of offenses,199 · the ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 233 siddham,203 which is attested in colophons as well.204 Next to a highly inter ...

234 wilkens other deities.211 So there is a remarkable degree of continuity in this field over the centuries.212 One well-known ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 235 One gets the impression that in Central Asian Buddhism and especially in Uygh ...

236 wilkens 2.6 Similarities between Epigraphic and Manuscript Sources If we compare the inscriptions from the Gansu corridor wi ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 237 confederation.224 Taking into consideration the importance of genealogies and ...

238 wilkens of the Biography of Xuanzang this dichotomy is expressed by using the words ‘dharma, religious sphere’ (OU nom) and ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 239 into a religious and a political sphere to an agreement between Qubilai and P ...

240 wilkens 2.6.2 Epithets239 2.6.2.1 The Designation of Rulers as Bodhisattvas 240 It is well known that Mongol emperors are of ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 241 Mongol emperor248 Tuγ Temür (reigned from 1329–1332) and his wife desig- nate ...