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2. An Indian Lineage Severed

  • Stuart H. Young
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Conceiving the Indian Buddhist Patriarchs in China
This chapter is in the book Conceiving the Indian Buddhist Patriarchs in China
© University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu

© University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu

Chapters in this book

  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
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824854287-005

Chapters in this book

  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
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