SUROCOLO BRONZES AND THEIR TANTRIC TEXT
SUROCOLO BRONZES AND THEIR TANTRIC TEXT
Author(s): Nirmala SharmaSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Non-European Philosophy, Theology and Religion, East Asian Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Ādibuddha; Bajrasattva; Iṣṭavajriṇī; Mānavajriṇī; Nayasūtra; Niṣpannayogāvalī; Rāgavajriṇī; Sang Hyang Kamahāyānikan; Sumeru; Vajragītā; Vajralāsī; Vajranṛtyā; Vajrasattva;
Summary/Abstract: New identifications of seven statuettes from Surocolo are proposed on the basis of the Nayasūtramaṇḍala from the Shingon denomination of Japanese Mantrayāna, whose central Buddha is Vajrasattva.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 64/2011
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 209-219
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
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