Receptacle of the sacred: illustrated manuscripts and the buddhist book cult in south asia
Auteur :
Kim, Jinah
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520273863
Date de publication :
12 avr. 2013
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
907 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In considering medieval illustrated Buddhist manuscripts as sacred objects of cultic innovation, this book explores how and why South Asian Buddhist book-cult has survived for almost two millennia to present. It also shows how human agency was critical in perpetuating and intensifying the potency of a manuscript as a sacred object throughout time.