The Great God of the Five Paths (Wudao Dashen 五道大神) in Early Medieval China
The Great God of the Five Paths, Wudao dashen 五道大神, in charge of rebirth in the Five Paths, has been one of the prominent otherworld bureaucratic deities in Chinese popular religion since the early medieval period. Wudao first appeared obscurely in certain Chinese Buddhist versions of the Buddha...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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Journal of Chinese religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 93-121 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Folk religion
/ Tiantai Buddhism
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Ciyun Zunshi 慈雲遵式
B Buddhist vegetarianism B Māra B the Emperor Wu of the Liang B the Life of the Buddha B The Great God of the Five Paths |
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Volltext (Publisher) |
