Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations and Conventions ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Buddhist Sainthood in Dharmic History 25
7. 2. An Indian Lineage Severed 67
8. 3. Salvation in Writing and the Annex of Indian Buddhism 111
9. 4. Nāgārjuna Divine and the Alchemy of Hagiography 152
10. 5. An Indian Silkworm God in China 186
11. 6. Buddhist Saints to Bridge the Sino- Indian Divide 217
12. Conclusion 243
13. Appendix 1: The Nanatsu- Dera Tradition of Aśvaghoṣa Bodhisattva 251
14. Appendix 2: The Canonical Tradition of Deva Bodhisattva 265
15. Appendix 3: The Ritual Manuals of Aśvaghoṣa Bodhisattva 283
16. Bibliography 291
17. Index 327