Figments and Fragments of Mahayana Buddhism in India
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Figments and Fragments of Mahayana Buddhism in India

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments And Other Things
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Figments
  5. Chapter I. The Mahâyâna And The Middle Period In Indian Buddhism Through A Chinese Looking-Glass
  6. Chapter II.The Phrase Sa PŗthivÄ«pradeśaś CaityabhÅ«to Bhavet In The VajracchedikĆ¢ Notes On The Cult Of The Book In Mahāyāna
  7. Chapter III. The Bones Of A Buddha And The Business Of A Monk Conservative Monastic Values In An Early Mahāyāna Polemical Tract
  8. Chapter IV. On Sending The Monks Back To Their Books Cult And Conservatism In Early Mahāyāna Buddhism
  9. Chapter V. Sukhāvatī As A Generalized Religious Goal In Sanskrit Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature
  10. Chapter VI. The Generalization Of An Old Yogic Attainment In Medieval Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature Some Notes On Jāetismara
  11. Fragments
  12. Chapter VII. Mahāyāna In Indian Inscriptions
  13. Chapter VIII. The Inscription On The Ku Şān Image Of AmitĆ¢bha And The Character Of The Early Mahāyāna In India
  14. Chapter IX. The Ambiguity Of Avalokiteśvara And The Tentative Identifcation Of A Painted Scene From A Mahāyāna SÅ«tra At Ajaṇṭā
  15. Chapter X. A Verse From The Bhadracaripraṇidhāna In A Tenth-Century Inscription Found At Nālandā
  16. Chapter XI. The Text On The ā€œDhāraṇī Stones From Abhayagiriyaā€ A Minor Contribution To The Study Of Mahoeyoena Literature In Ceylon
  17. Chapter XII. The Bodhigarbhālaį¹…kāralakį¹£a And Vimaloṣṇīṣa Dhāraṇīs In Indian Inscriptions Two Sources For The Practice Of Buddhism In Medieval India
  18. Chapter XIII. A Note On The ā€œTechnology Of Prayerā€ And A Reference To A ā€œRevolving Bookcaseā€ In An Eleventh-Century Indian Inscription
  19. Chapter XIV. Stūpa And Tīrtha Tibetan Mortuary Practices And An Unrecognized Form Of Burial Ad Sanctos At Buddhist Sites In India
  20. Index Of Archaeological Sites And Findspots For Inscriptions
  21. Index Of Texts
  22. Index Of Subjects
  23. About The Author