Decentering Mañjuśrī: some aspects of Mañjuśrī’s cult in medieval Japan

Many scholars have studied Mañjuśrī’s role as bodhisattva of wisdom. However, while Buddhist deities have usually been studied ‘individually,’ I believe that they can only be understood in a broader context. A deity is not an individual, but the salient part of a network that includes, first of all,...

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Main Author: Faure, Bernard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019
In: Studies in Chinese Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 330-342
Further subjects:B suijaku 垂迹
B Wutaishan
B Medieval
B Esoteric
B Japan
B Mañjuśrī
B honji 本地
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