Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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xviii list of illustrations



  1. Sørensen—EB Art Nanzhao Dali:
    Figure 1. Acuoye Avalokiteśvara. Gilt bronze, eleventh century.
    Dali, Chongsheng Pagoda. ........................................................... 489
    Figure 2. Rubbing of stele depicting Usṇ̣īsavijayā. ̣
    Thirteenth century, Jianquan, Yunnan. ..................................... 494
    Figure 3. Rubbing of engraving depicting vidyārāja. Nanzhao,
    tenth century, Boshiwahe, southern Sichuan province. ......... 495

  2. Sørensen—EB Art China 960–1279:
    Figure 1. Divinities from the Department of Thunder.
    Rubbing of a stele with the divinities of the Shuilu ritual,
    Northern Song. .............................................................................. 501
    Figure 2. Line drawing depicting Mahāvairocana surrounded
    by the eight stūpas from the North Pagoda. Chaoyang,
    Hebei, Liao dynasty. ...................................................................... 506
    Figure 3. Nārāyaṇa as a Buddhist vajrapāla. Rubbing from a
    stele at Shaolin Temple, Jin dynasty. ......................................... 508
    Figure 4. Dhāraṇī pillar with the Usṇīsāvijayā-dhāraṇī in
    Siddham script and bīja syllables. Jin, dated 1153 C.E. ......... 509

  3. Sørensen—Choson:
    Figure 1. Water and Land mudrās from the Ch’ŏnji
    myŏngyang suryuk chewi ch’anyo. .............................................. 626
    Figure 2. Śūraṅgama Spell. mid Chosōn. ..................................... 631
    Figure 3. Talisman for attaining for rebirth in the Pure Land.
    Pulga iryŏng chakbŏp. ................................................................... 633
    Figure 4. Printed sheet with Sanskrit bīja. Songgwang Temple,
    ca. 1650. .......................................................................................... 635
    Figure 5. Printed illustration from the Kwanseŭm posal
    yŏnghŏm yakch’o. ........................................................................... 648
    Figure 6. Mantra-chart from the Yukcha myŏngwang tarani
    kyŏng. ............................................................................................... 649
    Figure 7. “Cundī’s Nine Letter Heavenly Circle Chart.”
    Chosang kyŏng. .............................................................................. 651
    Figure 8. 16th century painting of Cundī. Treasure of
    Taehŭng Temple. ........................................................................... 653
    Figure 9. Votive painting depicting the “Host of Spirits.”
    Sudŏk Temple, Chosŏn, 18th cent. ............................................ 655

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