Buddhism Across Asia
Subtitle: Networks of Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchange
By: edited by Tansen Sen
Contributors: Sen, Tansen, 1967- editor; Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre
Series: Nalanda-Sriwijaya Series
Publisher: ISEAS Publishing; Manohar
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Singapore; New Delhi
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789814519328; 9789350980453; 9789814519335
Subjects: Buddhism; Congresses; History
Notes: "Papers originally presented to a Conference on Buddhism across Asia: Networks of Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchange, organized by Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre at ISEAS and held in Singapore from 2 to 5 February 2009"--Title page verso.

"Co-published by Manohar Publishers & Distributors; Manohar ISBN 9789350980453 for distibution in South Asia"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Volume 1. Part I: Transmission of Buddhism before the seventh century; title: 1. Networks for Long-distance Transmission of Buddhism in South Asian Transit Zones, /by Jason Neelis; title: 2. Truth and Scripture in Early Buddhism: Categorial Reduction as Exegetical Method in Ancient Gandhara and Beyond, /by Stefan Baums; title: 3. Now You Hear it, Now You Don't: The Phrase "Thus Have I Heard" in Early Chinese Buddhist Translations, /by Jan Nattier; title: 4. The First Agama Transmission to China, /by Elsa Legittimo; title: 5. What is a "Hinayana Zealot" Doing in Fifth-Century China?, /by Daniel Boucher; title: 6. Meditation Traditions in Fifth-Century Northern China: With a Special Note on a Forgotten "Kasmiri Meditation Tradition Brought to China by Buddhabhadra (359-429), / by Chen Jinhua; title: 7. Transmission of the Dharma and Reception of the Text: Oral and Aural Features in the Fifth Chapter of the Book of Zambasta, /by Giuliana Martini.  Part II: Buddhism across Asia between the seventh and fifteenth centuries; title: 8. On Kuiji's Sanskrit Compound Analyses: Transmission of Sanskrit Grammar in the Early Tang Dynasty, /by Teng Weijen; title: 9. Abridged Teaching (Lue Jiao): Monastic Rules between India and China, /by Ann Heirman; title: 10. From Nalanda to Chang'an: A Survey of Buddhist Libraries in Medieval China (618-907), /by Wang Xiang; title: 11. Multiple Traditions in One Ritual: A Reading of the Lantern-Lighting Prayers in Dunhuang Manuscripts, /by Chen Huaiyu; title: 12. The Idea of India (Tenjiku) in Pre-Modern Japan: Issues of Signification and Representation in the Buddhist Translation of Cultures, /by Fabio Rambelli; title: 13. The Buddhist Image Inside-Out: On the Placing of Objects Inside Statues in East Asia, /by James Robson; title: 14. Indian Abhidharma Literature in Tibet: A Study of the Vijnana Section of Sthiramati's Pancaskandhakavibhasa, /by Jowita Kramer; title: 15. From Asoka to Jayavarman VII: Some Reflections on the Relationship between Buddhism and the State in India and Southeast Asia, /by Hermann Kulke; title: 16. The Theravada Buddhist Ecumene in the Fifteenth Century: Intellectual Foundations and Material Representations, /by Tilman Frasch. Part III: Buddhist connections after the fifteenth century; title: 17. The Sphere of the Sasana in the Context of Colonialism, /by Anne M Blackburn; title: 18. Patronage and Place: The Shwedagon in Times of Change, /by Elizabeth Howard-Moore; title: 19. Wang Hongyuan and the Import of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism to China during the Republican Period, /by Erik Schicketanz; title: 20. Buddhist Practices and Institutions of the Chinese Community in Kolkata, India, /by Zhang Xing.