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Emanated Buddhas in the Aureole of Buddhist Images from India, Central Asia, and China

Emanated Buddhas in the Aureole of Buddhist Images from India, Central Asia, and China

Zhu, Tianshu

Hardcover

Art HistoryAsian ArtBuddhism

ISBN10: 1604979488
ISBN13: 9781604979480
Publisher: Cambria Pr
Published: Mar 1 2019
Pages: 524
Weight: 2.63
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Very often in Buddhist art, especially Buddhist art of ancient China, one can see small figures, mostly Buddhas, depicted in the halo and/or aureole of a Buddha image, and, less often, of a bodhisattva image. What does this mean? Despite the prevalence of this motif, its meaning and its significance in Buddhist history are poorly understood, if understood at all. In fact emanating other Buddhas is associated with the fundamental nature of the Buddha and the mechanism of how the Buddha functions to spread Buddhist teachings to every corner in the cosmic world. In this regard, the study of this motif--one of the purposes of this book--is not only a study of a specific iconographic convention in Buddhist art but also a study of the revolutionary change in the way Buddha was represented, a geographical and temporal development that reflected the change of Buddha's nature in the eyes of his followers.

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