Jewel in the Ashes : : Buddha Relics and Power in Early Medieval Japan / / Brian D. Ruppert.
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| Superior document: | Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 188 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2000. Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2000. |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian Monographs ;
188. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Buddha Relics, Exchange, and the Value of Death
- The Continental Context: Buddha Relics in India and China
- Buddha Relics as Imperial Treasures: 'Ichidai ichido busshari hōken'
- Buddha Relics as Esoteric Treasures: The Latter Seven-Day Rite and the Inventory of Buddha Relics
- Buddha Relics as Objects of Contention: Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Worship and Relic Theft
- Lineage and Gender in the Economy of Relics
- Rebirth of the Warrior-King: Samurai Society and the Powers of Buddha Relics
- Buddha Relics and the Ritual Economy in Early Medieval Japan
- Scripture of the Golden-Wheel Dhāraṇī King's Secret Transformation into a Buddha in This Body Through Turning the Wheel of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
- Excerpts from the "Relics" ("Shari") and "Additional Teachings on Jewels" ("Hōju yū setsu") Chapters of Kakuzen's Notes (Kakuzen shō)
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Harvard East Asian Monographs.