The Secularization of Religious Figures: A Study of Mahoraga in the Song Dynasty (960–1279)
Mahoraga dolls, a type of figurine showing a child holding a lotus leaf, are sacrifice utensils that were commonly used in the Qixi Festival to pray for reproduction throughout the Song Dynasty in China. Scholars pay great attention to the Buddhistic origins of Mahoraga, relating it to different fig...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
2022
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Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 2 |
| Further subjects: | B
Qixi Festival
B reproduction worshipping B Mahoraga B population crisis B foreign religion |
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