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

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transforming tableaux (Chin. bianxiang
變相) 256
transition zone 1, 131
Travelogue of the Pine-tree and Desert Lands
(Chin. Song mo ji wen 松漠紀聞) 224
Tri De Songtsen (Tib. Khri lDe srong brtsan)
23, 60
Tri Song Detsen (Tib. Khri Srong lde btsan)
59–60, 62, 75
Tri Songtsen (Tib. Khri Srong btsan) 59
Tri Tsug Detsen (Tib. Khri gTsug lde bstan)
23, 61–62
Tsami Lotsawa Sangye Dragpa (Tib. rTsa mi
Lo tsa ba Sangs rgyas grags pa) 77–79
Tsangpopa (Tib. Tshang po pa) 78
tsen (Tib. bstan). See deities
Tshad ma de kho na nyid kyi ’grel pa. See
commentary, Commentary on Reality of
Pramāṇa
Tshang po pa. See Tsangpopa
Tsongkha (Tib. Tsong kha) 63–64, 71, 75,
79
tsunpa. See Venerable
Tuγ Temür 241
Tughluq Temür 226
Tujue (突厥). See Türk
Turfan 10–11, 13, 15, 29, 37–38, 42, 72–74,
199, 201, 203, 205–209, 213, 218–219,
220–224, 226–230, 236, 245–246, 249
Türk (Chin. Tujue 突厥) 192–193
Turkicisation 219
tuṣita heaven 223, 241
tutuŋ. See highest clerical Buddhist rank in
the West Uyghur Kingdom
Tuyuhun (吐谷渾). See also Azha 37, 60
two systems (religion and politics)
237–239

Üč Lükčüŋ 230
Uč Turfan 203
Udayana-Avadāna 209
units of a thousand families (Tib. stong sde)
21
upasanč. See people, lay people
upase. See people, lay people
Uyghur
East Uyghur Empire 3, 11, 15, 191–196, 198,
200–201, 205, 208, 218, 248

Ganzhou Uyghurs 197–198, 215, 220

Hexi Uyghurs 72, 197,

Old Uyghur 15, 191, 194, 198, 199–201,

205–210, 212–213, 215, 220–221, 223–224,

227, 229–230, 232, 236, 239, 240, 244,

246–248

Uyghur alphabet 225

Uyghur codex booklet 220

Uyghur colophon 207, 227–228, 230,

246–247

Uyghurs in Dunhuang 72

Uyghurs in Hebei 224

Uyghurs in Mongolia 204

Uyghurs in Turfan 37

Uyghurs in Yizhou 37

Uyghur ruler (OU ıdok kut) 192, 203,

225–226, 229, 236, 239, 241, 243, 245

Uyghur scribe 67, 207

Uyghur script 201, 225, 235–236

Uyghur text 194, 196, 199, 206–207, 215,

218, 220, 223–224, 229, 240, 246, 248

Uyghur Turks 71–72

Vajrabodhi (Chin. Jingangzhi 金剛智) 253

Vajrasattva 66–67, 185

Vajraśekhara 268, 278–279, 283

Vajravārāhī 76

Vajrayāna (Tib. rdo rje theg pa) 59, 97,

251–252, 282

Vajrayoginī 76

vapšı. See dharma master

Venerable (OU tsunpa, Tib. btsun pa) 232

Verdichtung. See densification

vernacular 81, 160, 205

vidyārājas. See Ten Wrathful Protectors

Vikramaśīla 13, 88, 90–91, 95, 112–113

votive painting 253–254, 256, 258, 261–262,

267–268

wall painting 198–199, 209, 213, 231, 250–251,

253–254, 256–257, 267–268

Wang Yuanlu (王圓籙) 73

Western Himalaya 15, 122, 147–148, 188

White History (Mong. čaγan teüke) 238–239

worship club (Chin. she 社, Tib. zha) 13,

33–35, 41–46

worship club members (Chin. sheren 社人)

33–34, 41–43