list of illustrations xvii
Figure 17. Sudṛṣti/Miaojian. Line-drawing based on Japanese
Heian image. .................................................................................. 128
- Robson-Talismans:
Figure 1. Talismans from Rites of the Vajra-Being of Impure
Traces [Ucchuṣma] for Exorcising the Hundred Weirds ......... 227 - Sørensen—Astrology:
Figure 1. Tejaprabha and his retinue. Ninth century.
Zhongyan Temple , Jiangzhou ,
Jiangbei county, Sichuan. ............................................................. 242 - Sørensen—Pre-Tang EB Art:
Figure 1. Rubbing from a votive stūpa with images of spirits.
Northern Liang, fifth century C.E. ............................................. 258
Figure 2. Images of Maheśvara and Kārttikeya, Northern Wei,
fifth century C.E. Yungang Caves, Shanxi. ............................... 260 - Schmid—EB at Dunhuang:
Figure 1. Superlative mantra altar diagram, S. 2498r. ................ 372 - Sørensen—EB in Nanzhao and Dali:
Figure 1. Brick rubbing of Chinese talismans and Sanskrit
spells, late Dali period. ................................................................. 385
Figure 2. Brick rubbing of the Shanzhu bimi zhenyan,
late Dali period. ............................................................................. 387
Figure 3. Funerary jar with the Buddhoṣṇīsa-dhāraṇ ̣ī,
Dali kingdom, twelfth to thirteenth centuries. ......................... 391 - Sørensen—Tang EB Art:
Figure 1. Adorned Vairocana Buddha from Leigutai,
Longmen. Tang, second half of 7th cent. ................................. 403
Figure 2. Line-drawing of the Vajradhātu Mandala decorating
the lid of the 3rd relic box from the crypt under the pagoda
of Famen Temple, second half of 9th cent. .............................. 407
Figure 3. Line-drawing of Dharmadhātu Mandala from
Dunhuang. Mogao Caves, late 8th cent. ................................... 410
Figure 4. Vairocana with retinue. Late 7th to
early 8th century, Guangyuan. .................................................... 413
Figure 5. Thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara. Mt. Bei, Dazu. ....... 415