Linking Khotan and Dūnhuáng : Buddhist Narratives in Text and Image
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- Christoph Anderl (UGent)
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- Abstract
- In the propagation and spread of Buddhism throughout Asia, jātaka and avadāna narratives played a decisive role, both in the form of texts and iconographical representations. In this paper I will focus on another set of narratives which enjoyed great popularity in the Dūnhuáng area during the later Tang and Five Dynasties period, dealing with historical projections concerning the origin and transmission of Buddhism. In this stories, “Auspicious Statues” (ruìxiàng 瑞像) play a key role. These “living” statues were thought to have moved from Indian monasteries to Khotan and other regions, serving as agents of the transmission of the Dharma in these areas. Besides reflecting religious key concern during that period, the historical narratives on the spread of Buddhism also give witness to the close diplomatic and family relations between Dunhuang and the Kingdom of Khotan during that period.
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- 瑞像, Auspicious Statues, Buddhist narratives, Khotan, Dunhuang, Mogao caves, text and image
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8050241
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- Anderl, Christoph. “Linking Khotan and Dūnhuáng : Buddhist Narratives in Text and Image.” ENTANGLED RELIGIONS, vol. 5, 2018, pp. 250–311, doi:10.13154/er.v5.2018.250-311.
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- Anderl, C. (2018). Linking Khotan and Dūnhuáng : Buddhist Narratives in Text and Image. ENTANGLED RELIGIONS, 5, 250–311. https://doi.org/10.13154/er.v5.2018.250-311
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- Anderl, Christoph. 2018. “Linking Khotan and Dūnhuáng : Buddhist Narratives in Text and Image.” ENTANGLED RELIGIONS 5: 250–311. https://doi.org/10.13154/er.v5.2018.250-311.
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- Anderl, Christoph. 2018. “Linking Khotan and Dūnhuáng : Buddhist Narratives in Text and Image.” ENTANGLED RELIGIONS 5: 250–311. doi:10.13154/er.v5.2018.250-311.
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- 1.Anderl C. Linking Khotan and Dūnhuáng : Buddhist Narratives in Text and Image. ENTANGLED RELIGIONS. 2018;5:250–311.
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- [1]C. Anderl, “Linking Khotan and Dūnhuáng : Buddhist Narratives in Text and Image,” ENTANGLED RELIGIONS, vol. 5, pp. 250–311, 2018.
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keywords = {{瑞像,Auspicious Statues,Buddhist narratives,Khotan,Dunhuang,Mogao caves,text and image}},
language = {{eng,chi}},
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title = {{Linking Khotan and Dūnhuáng : Buddhist Narratives in Text and Image}},
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