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Subject(s)

• Gautama Buddha—Relics [Browse]

Series

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 188. [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-488) and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• 1. Introduction: Buddha Relics, Exchange, and the Value of Death
• 2. The Continental Context: Buddha Relics in India and China
• 3. Buddha Relics as Imperial Treasures: Ichidai ichido busshari hoken
• 4. Buddha Relics as Esoteric Treasures: The Latter Seven-Day Rite and the Inventory of Buddha Relics
• 5. Buddha Relics as Objects of Contention: Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Worship and the Genealogy of Relic Theft
• 6. Lineage and Gender in the Economy of Relics
• 7. Rebirth of the Warrior-King: Samurai Society and the Powers of Buddha Relics
• 8. Conclusion: Buddha Relics and the Ritual Economy in Early Medieval Japan
• App. A. Scripture of the Golden-Wheel Dharani King's Secret Transformation into a Buddha in This Body Through Turning the Wheel of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
• App. B. Excerpts from the "Relics" ("Shari") and "Additional Teachings on Jewels" ("Hoju yu setsu") Chapters of Kakuzen's Notes (Kakuzen sho).

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ISBN

• 9781684173389 ((electronic bk.))
• 1684173388 ((electronic bk.))

OCLC

988767868

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