Stephen F. Teiser

Reinventing the Wheel: Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples

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Produktbeschreibung

Stephen F. Teiser is D. T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies, Princeton University. He is the author of The Ghost Festival in Medieval China

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 319
• Altersempfehlung: ab 22 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 185mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1192g
• ISBN-13: 9780295986494
• ISBN-10: 0295986492
• Artikelnr.: 21033150

Autorenporträt

Stephen F. Teiser is D. T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies, Princeton University. He is the author of The Ghost Festival in Medieval China

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Picturing Life and Death as a Wheel
2. The Canonical Version of the Wheel of Rebirth
3. Temples and Legends: Western India, 350-550 C.E.
4. King Rudrayana's Painting of the Twelve Conditions
5. La roue imaginaire en Chine
6. Wheels for Meditation: Kumtura, Central Asia, Ninth Century
7. Wheels in Cave Temples: Yulin, Gansu, Tenth Century
8. Wheels in Esoteric Temples: Tabo, Western Tibet, Eleventh Century
9. Wheels for Pilgrims: Baodingshan, Sichuan, Thirteenth Century
10. Conclusions
Character Glossary
Bibliography
Index