DĪPAṂKARA IN THE TANGUT CONTEXT: AN INQUIRY INTO THE SYSTEMATIC NATURE OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM IN XIXIA
DĪPAṂKARA IN THE TANGUT CONTEXT: AN INQUIRY INTO THE SYSTEMATIC NATURE OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM IN XIXIA
Author(s): Kirill SoloninSubject(s): Cultural history, Middle Ages, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Tangut Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Bka’ brgyud; Bka’ gdams; Atiśa; doctrinal Buddhism;
Summary/Abstract: In the previous part of this paper attempt has been made to reconstruct the Tangut Buddhist context in which the works of Atiśa emerged in the Tangut State during the 12th and early 13th centuries. The following part is directly dealing with currently identified texts attributed to Dīpaṃkaraśrijñāna available in the Tangut versions.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 69/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 1-25
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English
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