The lotus painting on the manuscripts: a study of pictographic punctuation marks in Dunhuang manuscripts
In Dunhuang Buddhist manuscripts, various punctuation marks, some intuitive and figurative, were used by people of the time. These marks serve both philological and iconographic functions, closely related to the daily lives of their creators. They can be categorized into two types based on religious...
| Subtitles: | New Perspectives on the Localization and Globalization of Buddhism in Medieval China and Beyond |
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| Main Author: | |
| 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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2024
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| In: |
Studies in Chinese Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 10, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 475-495 |
| Further subjects: | B
artistic aesthetics
B philological symbols B knowledge construction B Dunhuang |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | In Dunhuang Buddhist manuscripts, various punctuation marks, some intuitive and figurative, were used by people of the time. These marks serve both philological and iconographic functions, closely related to the daily lives of their creators. They can be categorized into two types based on religious implications: one without obvious Buddhist characteristics and the other with evident Buddhist elements. The latter can further be divided into two subcategories related to Esoteric Buddhism: closely related and not closely related. Though not professional artworks, these symbols reflect the artistic abilities of ordinary monks in daily practice. Their creation and use express monks’ beliefs and tastes and are integral to the monastic community’s knowledge construction in the medieval period. |
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| ISSN: | 2372-9996 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Chinese Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23729988.2025.2466970 |
