The Resource Receptacle of the sacred : illustrated manuscripts and the Buddhist book cult in South Asia, Jinah Kim
Receptacle of the sacred : illustrated manuscripts and the Buddhist book cult in South Asia, Jinah Kim
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The item Receptacle of the sacred : illustrated manuscripts and the Buddhist book cult in South Asia, Jinah Kim represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- In considering medieval illustrated Buddhist manuscripts as sacred objects of cultic innovation, Receptacle of the Sacred explores how and why the South Asian Buddhist book-cult has survived for almost two millennia to the present. A book "manuscript" should be understood as a form of sacred space: a temple in microcosm, not only imbued with divine presence but also layered with the memories of many generations of users. Jinah Kim argues that illustrating a manuscript with Buddhist imagery not only empowered it as a three-dimensional sacred object, but also made it a suitable tool for t
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures in the Printed Book; List of Figures and Diagrams Online; Introduction: Text, Image, and the Book; Part One: The Book; 1 Buddhist Books and Their Cultic Use; 2 Innovations of the Medieval Buddhist Book Cult; Part Two: Text and Image; 3 Representing the Perfection of Wisdom, Embodying the Holy Sites; 4 The Visual World of Buddhist Book Illustrations; 5 Esoteric Buddhism and the Illustrated Manuscripts; Part Three: The People; 6 Social History of the Buddhist Book Cult; Epilogue: Invoking a Goddess in a Book; Notes
- Isbn
- 9780520954885
- Label
- Receptacle of the sacred : illustrated manuscripts and the Buddhist book cult in South Asia
- Title
- Receptacle of the sacred
- Title remainder
- illustrated manuscripts and the Buddhist book cult in South Asia
- Statement of responsibility
- Jinah Kim
- Subject
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- Books -- Religious aspects | Buddhism
- Buddhism -- Rituals
- Buddhism -- South Asia -- Rituals | History
- Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts
- Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts -- South Asia -- History
- Electronic books
- History
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- South Asia -- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- South Asia
- ART -- Techniques | Calligraphy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In considering medieval illustrated Buddhist manuscripts as sacred objects of cultic innovation, Receptacle of the Sacred explores how and why the South Asian Buddhist book-cult has survived for almost two millennia to the present. A book "manuscript" should be understood as a form of sacred space: a temple in microcosm, not only imbued with divine presence but also layered with the memories of many generations of users. Jinah Kim argues that illustrating a manuscript with Buddhist imagery not only empowered it as a three-dimensional sacred object, but also made it a suitable tool for t
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kim, Jinah
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- South Asia across the disciplines
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts
- Books
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Buddhism
- ART
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Buddhism
- Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- South Asia
- Label
- Receptacle of the sacred : illustrated manuscripts and the Buddhist book cult in South Asia, Jinah Kim
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures in the Printed Book; List of Figures and Diagrams Online; Introduction: Text, Image, and the Book; Part One: The Book; 1 Buddhist Books and Their Cultic Use; 2 Innovations of the Medieval Buddhist Book Cult; Part Two: Text and Image; 3 Representing the Perfection of Wisdom, Embodying the Holy Sites; 4 The Visual World of Buddhist Book Illustrations; 5 Esoteric Buddhism and the Illustrated Manuscripts; Part Three: The People; 6 Social History of the Buddhist Book Cult; Epilogue: Invoking a Goddess in a Book; Notes
- Control code
- ocn836205978
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520954885
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt2f0xsr
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)836205978
- Label
- Receptacle of the sacred : illustrated manuscripts and the Buddhist book cult in South Asia, Jinah Kim
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures in the Printed Book; List of Figures and Diagrams Online; Introduction: Text, Image, and the Book; Part One: The Book; 1 Buddhist Books and Their Cultic Use; 2 Innovations of the Medieval Buddhist Book Cult; Part Two: Text and Image; 3 Representing the Perfection of Wisdom, Embodying the Holy Sites; 4 The Visual World of Buddhist Book Illustrations; 5 Esoteric Buddhism and the Illustrated Manuscripts; Part Three: The People; 6 Social History of the Buddhist Book Cult; Epilogue: Invoking a Goddess in a Book; Notes
- Control code
- ocn836205978
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520954885
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt2f0xsr
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)836205978
Subject
- Books -- Religious aspects | Buddhism
- Buddhism -- Rituals
- Buddhism -- South Asia -- Rituals | History
- Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts
- Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts -- South Asia -- History
- Electronic books
- History
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- South Asia -- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- South Asia
- ART -- Techniques | Calligraphy
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