RT Article
T1 Sacred Space in Uyghur Buddhism
JF Dynamics in the history of religions
VO 11
SP 189
OP 203
A1 Wilkens, Jens
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1841934224
AB Uyghur Buddhism was deeply anchored in its Central Asian environment. The religious category of sacred space within and without the primary Uyghur settlement areas has not been investigated in great detail so far. This chapter will examine whether sacred space can be traced in the written sources, and if so, how the concept is elaborated and whether there is a specific Uyghur approach. With regard to a working hypothesis in addressing the research materials, the translated Buddhist works will most probably yield rather few results whereas inscriptions, poems and colophons are likely to provide answers to the question of whether there is a peculiar Uyghur take on sacred space.
K1 Asien-Studien
K1 Geschichte
K1 Ostasiatische Geschichte
K1 Religion
K1 Religion in Asien
K1 Religionswissenschaften
K1 Zentralasien
DO 10.1163/9789004417731_009