Encyclopedia of Buddhism

Ambedkar, B. R., 14,248–249, 359, 448,
661
American Oriental Society, 864
Amita
bha, 14–15,59, 73, 79, 808. See also
nenbutsu; Pure Land art; Pure Land
Buddhism
cult of, 497, 526–528, 766
images, 74, 124,260, 394, 437, 438,493,
650–651, 705
in Pure Land Buddhism, 412–413, 704
“Amita
bha Crossing the Mountains,” 697
Amita
bha Su
tra,707, 882
“Amita
bha with Fifty Bodhisattvas,” 694
Amituo, 167
Amoghasiddhi, 260
Amoghavajra, 511, 534, 721, 824
A
mrapa
l
l, 84
amulets and talismans, 15–16,181, 227,
255, 292, 534, 634, 734, 757, 840, 842
ana
ga
mins,233, 723, 740
Anaga
rika Dharmapa
la, 16,50, 165, 266,
359, 448, 585, 798, 865
Ana
gatavamsa, 877
A
nanda, 16–17,84, 112, 188, 206, 232,
238, 513
Ananda Coomaraswamy, 802–803
A
nandakutl
, 591
Ananda Temple, Pagan, 17,402,
786–787, 787
Ana
thapindada, 18, 232
ana
tman (no-self), 5–6, 18–19,23, 239,
262, 296, 416, 665. See alsobody,
perspectives on the
and death, 203
Pudgalava
da and, 504
and rebirth, 712
in S ́ramanamovement, 329
and s ́u
nyata
, 809
and vipassana
, 889
anatomy. Seebody, perspectives on the
Anavataptaga
tha
, 300
Anawrahta, King, 460, 575
ancestors, 20–23,22, 292
ancestor veneration, 20, 281, 289, 308,
461–462, 464, 468, 532. See also
ghosts and spirits
Andhra Pradesh, India, 369–370
Ang Duong, King, 108
Angkor, 785. SeeCambodia
Angkor Thom, 260, 783, 784, 789
Angkor Wat, 106, 107, 109,787, 789
An ̇gulima
la Prison Ministry, Britain, 249
Anguosi, 253, 535
An ̇guttaranika
ya,75, 627, 669
Anige, 153

animal sacrifice, 641, 724

animism, 105, 430, 467–468, 767

Aniruddha, King, 838

anitya (impermanence), 6, 18, 23,203,

239, 397–398, 505, 648, 889

aniyatadharma, 667

añjali, 265

ankokuji, 678

Ankokuji Temple, 351

Anle ji(Daochuo), 707

Añña
-Kondoñña (arhat), 29

Annen, 273, 475

An Shigao, 24,146, 454, 776

antara
bhava, 204

anthropology, 261–262, 466

and Buddhist studies, 99–100

studies of ethics, 261–263

anti-art, Chan school and, 129

antinomianism, 618–620

Anura
dhapura, 188, 795–796, 800–802,

807

Anuruddha, Abhidhammatthasan ̇gaha,3,

670

anus ́aya, 682

anusmrti, 93

anuttara, 87

anuttarasamyaksambodhi(complete,

perfect awakening), 24,51, 58,

919–920

Anuttarayoga Tantras, 305

Aoki Bunkyo
, 98

Apada
na, 36

apocrypha, 24–28,38–39, 47, 143, 198,

281–282, 538, 720–721, 730, 744,

756. See alsocatalogues of
     scriptures; titles of texts
     Arabic translations, 380
     A
     ra
     da Ka
     la
     ma, 83
     a
     ra
     ma, 84
     archaeology. See also names of sites
     and Buddhist studies, 96–97
     and reliquary deposits, 719–720
     architecture. See alsomonastic architecture
     of Borobudur, 68
     of stu
     pa, 803–804, 809
     Arhan ̇Janaka
     bhivamsa
     Kuiykyan ̇
     abhidamma
     , 102
     arhat(s), 28–29,65, 87, 188, 261, 290,
     301, 487, 572, 636, 723, 740, 749,
     761, 769, 890. See alsobuddha(s);
     disciples of the Buddha
     female, 303, 489, 607
     arhat images, 30–31, 181
     arhatship, 8, 636
     Ari monks, 575

“aristocratic Buddhism,” 388

Ariyaratne, A. T., 798

Arnold, Edwin, 864

art, Buddhist. Seecave sanctuaries;

painting; sculpture; names of countries

arthakriya
, 225

art historians, and Buddhist studies, 100

A
ryadeva, 31,480–481, 581

Catuhs ́ataka,31, 480–481

Arya Maitreya Mandala order, 268

a
ryas, 740

A
ryas ́u
ra, 32

Ja
takama
la
,32, 401–402, 748

Pa
ramita
sama
sa, 748

Asan ̇ga, 32,59–60, 227, 456, 496, 649,

683, 738, 878, 914–915

Abhidharmasamuccaya,32, 916

Maha
ya
nasamgraha,915–916

Yoga
ca
rabhu
mi,914–916

ascetic practices, 32–33,117, 214, 313,

671, 675, 701, 718, 741, 887

and accumulation, 244–245

Buddha and, 45, 83, 90

and diet, 228–229

Jains and, 383, 416

and Maha
ya
na, 494–495

monks and, 565–566

self-immolation, 758–759

Shugendo
and, 772–774

Ashikaga Tadayoshi, 678

Ashikaga Takauji, 678

Asian Americans, 865, 868–869

As ́oka, King, 34,71, 80, 82, 97, 120, 188,

366–367, 502–503, 542, 870. See also

inscriptions

as ideal of kingship, 262, 424–425, 657

and relics cult, 49, 83, 205, 355, 641,

651, 717, 803, 906

As ́o k a
vada
na, 717

a
s ́raya(basis), 683

assimilation, of esoteric imagery, 256

Astagrantha, 220

Astasa
hasrika
prajña
pa
ramita
-su
tra,492,

717, 746

Asukadera, 554

asuras,184, 233, 467

As ́vaghosa, 35,38, 188

Buddhacarita,75, 86, 88, 512, 656, 748

S ́a
riputraprakarana, 251

Saundarananda, 656

As ́vajit, 232

Atharva Veda, 204

Atisha, 35–36,288, 371, 588, 853, 861

Bodhipathaprad
lpa,484, 853

INDEX

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