The Transmission of the Buddhadharma from India to China: An Examination of Kumārajīva’s Transliteration of the Dhāraṇīs of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra
This article examines the transmission of the Buddha’s teachings from India to China through the lens of the dhāraṇīs of the Lotus Sutra. Kumārajīva was the first Chinese translator to undertake a transliteration of the dhāraṇīs that attempted to retain their ritual efficacy for Chinese Buddhists. H...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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Dynamics in the history of religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 10, Pages: 137-195 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion in Asien
B Asia B Religion B Asien-Studien B Religionswissenschaften B History |
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