Buddhist art and thought
By: Shashibala
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Akshaya Prakashan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9788188643066
Subjects: Buddhist art; Buddhist art and symbolism; Buddhist civilization; Sanskrit Buddhist literature
Notes: Edition statement from dustjacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Buddhist art: from the Northwest to the Far East; title: Amitābha: the Buddha of imme[a]surable light in Japanese art; title: Yoga: the basis of the Taima maṇḍala; title: Bodhisattvas of debate and defence; title: Buddhist colossi in Japan; title: Maṇḍala and meditation in Japanese esoteric art; title: India and East Asia: a cultural symbiosis; title: Bodhisattvas in Buddhist art and thought; title: From Ajantā to Hōryūji; title: A Sanskrit manuscript of the Gupta period at the Hōryūji Monastery in Japan; title: Zen bearings on Japanese arts; title: Four divine guardians in Japanese art; title: India and Japan: academic relations in early 20th century; title: Structure of Gobu-shingan and the graphic Vajradhātu-maṇḍala in the light of the Sarva-tathāgata-tattva-saṅgraha; title: Iconography of Vaiśravaṇa in Japanese art compared with Sanskrit literary sources; title: Cultural interflow between India and Central Asia; title: Monasteries of Khotan in Tibetan literary sources; title: Apotheosis of an Indonesian king of the Singasari Dynasty; title: Fire altar for Ásvamedha ceremony in Indonesia; title: The earliest Sanskrit documents from Indonesia; title: Sanskrit texts in Chinese and Tibetan translations; title: Sanskrit in Japan; title: Sanskrit in Southeast Asia; title: Search for Shambhala and Kālacakra by Yuri aand Nicholas Roerichs; title: Hevajra in Buddhist literature, imperial ceremonies and art; title: Banner of peace; title: Role of Suvarṇaprabhāsa-sūtra in the polity of East Asia; title: Index.