LEADER 00000cam a2200697Mi 4500 001 ocn836205978 003 OCoLC 005 20160917035655.8 006 m o d 007 cr |n||||||||| 008 130405s2013 cau ob 001 0 eng d 020 0520954882|q(electronic book) 020 9780520954885|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780520273863|q(cloth ;|qalkaline paper) 020 |z0520273869|q(cloth ;|qalkaline paper) 035 (OCoLC)836205978 037 22573/ctt2f0xsr|bJSTOR 040 YDXCP|beng|epn|cYDXCP|dEBLCP|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dN$T|dMHW |dIDEBK|dE7B|dCDX|dMEAUC|dJSTOR|dP@U|dOCLCQ|dCOO|dOCLCQ 043 az----- 049 RIDW 050 4 ND3246|b.K56 2013 072 7 ART|x003000|2bisacsh 072 7 SOC002010|2bisacsh 082 04 745.6/708829430954|223 090 ND3246|b.K56 2013 100 1 Kim, Jinah,|d1976-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n2012043338 245 10 Receptacle of the sacred :|billustrated manuscripts and the Buddhist book cult in South Asia /|cJinah Kim. 264 1 Berkeley :|bUniversity of California Press,|c2013. 300 1 online resource. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 South Asia across the disciplines 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 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. 520 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. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89005159|zSouth Asia |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125541-781 |xHistory.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh99005024 650 0 Books|xReligious aspects|xBuddhism.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2019001686 650 0 Manuscripts, Sanskrit|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85080761|zSouth Asia|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85125541-781|xHistory.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 650 0 Buddhism|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85017454|zSouth Asia|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85125541-781|xRituals|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002006587|xHistory.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 650 7 Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts.|2fast |0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1727606 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 650 7 Books|xReligious aspects|xBuddhism.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/2004785 650 7 Manuscripts, Sanskrit.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /1008482 650 7 Buddhism.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/840028 651 7 South Asia.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1244520 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aKim, Jinah, 1976-|tReceptacle of the sacred.|dBerkeley : University of California Press, 2013 |z9780520273863|z0520273869|w(DLC) 2012027299 830 0 South Asia across the disciplines.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/no2010097284 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=562941|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20161017|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic updated AugtoOct17 |lridw 948 |d20160607|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID