Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Buddhism in Asian History xi
4. Part I. Transmissions of Buddhism Before the Seventh Century
5. 1. Networks for Long-distance Transmission of Buddhism in South Asian Transit Zones 3
6. 2. Truth and Scripture in Early Buddhism: Categorial Reduction as Exegetical Method in Ancient Gandhāra and Beyond 19
7. 3. Now You Hear it, Now You Don’t: The Phrase “Thus Have I Heard” in Early Chinese Buddhist Translations 39
8. 4. The First 'Agama Transmission to China 65
9. 5. What is a “Hīnayāna Zealot” Doing in Fifth-Century China? 85
10. 6. Meditation Traditions in Fifth-Century Northern China: With a Special Note on a Forgotten “Kaśmīri” Meditation Tradition Brought to China by Buddhabhadra (359-429) 101
11. 7. Transmission of the Dharma and Reception of the Text: Oral and Aural Features in the Fifth Chapter of the Book of Zambasta 131
12. Part II. Buddhism Across Asia between the Seventh and Fifteenth Centuries
13. 8. On Kuiji’s Sanskrit Compound Analyses: Transmission of Sanskrit Grammar in the Early Tang Dynasty 173
14. 9. Abridged Teaching (Lüe Jiao): Monastic Rules between India and China 193
15. 10. From Nālandā to Chang’an: A Survey of Buddhist Libraries in Medieval China (618-907) 207
16. 11. Multiple Traditions in One Ritual: A Reading of the Lantern-Lighting Prayers in Dunhuang Manuscripts 233
17. 12. The Idea of India (Tenjiku) in Pre-Modern Japan: Issues of Signification and Representation in the Buddhist Translation of Cultures 259
18. 13. The Buddhist Image Inside-Out: On the Placing of Objects Inside Statues in East Asia 291
19. 14. Indian Abhidharma Literature in Tibet: A Study of the Vijñāna Section of Sthiramati’s Pañcaskandhakavibhāṣā 309
20. 15. From A«soka to Jayavarman VII: Some Reflections on the Relationship between Buddhism and the State in India and Southeast Asia 327
21. 16. The Therav"ada Buddhist Ecumene in the Fifteenth Century: Intellectual Foundations and Material Representations 347
22. Part III. Buddhist Connections after the Fifteenth Century
23. 17. The Sphere of the S"asana in the Context of Colonialism 371
24. 18. Patronage and Place: The Shwedagon in Times of Change 383
25. 19. Wang Hongyuan and the Import of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism to China during the Republican Period 403
26. 20. Buddhist Practices and Institutions of the Chinese Community in Kolkata, India 429
27. Contributors 459
28. Index 465