Receptacle of the Sacred : Illustrated Manuscripts and the Buddhist Book Cult in South Asia
by
Jinah Kim
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
South Asia Across the Disciplines
ISBN-10
0520273869
ISBN-13
9780520273863
Publisher
University of California Press
Imprint
University of California Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 12th, 2013
Print length
432 Pages
Weight
892 grams
Dimensions
23.10 x 17.80 x 3.10 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnographyLettering & calligraphy
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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.
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