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Sacred Space in Uyghur Buddhism 维吾尔佛教中的神圣空间

Buddhism in Central Asia I Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1163/9789004417731_009

J. Wilkens

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Donors and Esoteric Buddhism in Dunhuang during the Reign of the Guiyijun 桂义军年间敦煌的捐款人与密教

Buddhism in Central Asia I Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1163/9789004417731_006

H. Sørensen

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Who Is Legitimating Whom? On Justifying Buddhism’s Place in the Body Politic 谁使谁合法化?论佛教在国家中的地位

Buddhism in Central Asia I Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1163/9789004417731_003

S. Vermeersch

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The Formation of Tangut Ideology: Buddhism and Confucianism 唐氏思想的形成:佛教与儒家

Buddhism in Central Asia I Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1163/9789004417731_007

K. Solonin

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Introduction—Piety, Power, and Place in Central and East Asian Buddhism 引言:中亚和东亚佛教中的虔诚、权力和地位

Buddhism in Central Asia I Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1163/9789004417731_002

C. Meinert, H. Sørensen

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Creation of Tantric Sacred Spaces in Eastern Central Asia 中亚东部密宗神圣空间的创造

Buddhism in Central Asia I Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1163/9789004417731_012

C. Meinert

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Pilgrims in Old Uyghur Inscriptions: A Glimpse behind Their Records 古维吾尔族碑文中的朝圣者:记录背后的一瞥

Buddhism in Central Asia I Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1163/9789004417731_010

Simone-Christiane Raschmann

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From Padmasambhava to Gö Tsangpa: Rethinking Religious Patronage in the Indian Himalayas between the 8th and 13th Centuries 从莲花生到Gö赞巴:重新思考8至13世纪印度喜马拉雅地区的宗教赞助

Buddhism in Central Asia I Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1163/9789004417731_008

Verena Widorn

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Images of Patronage in Khotan 于阗的庇护形象

Buddhism in Central Asia I Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1163/9789004417731_004

Erika R Forte

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