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Tradition and innovation in late South Asian Buddhism: the impact of spell practices on the recasting of Prajnaparamita scriptures

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The present study explores the later phase of Prajñāpāramitā scriptural production (ca. 8th-12th C), with special emphasis on South Asian sources. These scriptural sources, usually extremely concise, include materials also found in earlier strata of Prajñāpāramitā writing, but also add spells (dhāraṇīs), as well as occasional references to practices linked with mature esoteric Buddhism.

This study looks at such connections in detail, outlining the ways in which Prajñāpāramitā inte...

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HUMS
Department:
Oriental Studies Faculty
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Examiner
ORCID:
0000-0002-2722-8289
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http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000719
Funding agency for:
Bianchini, F
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1785982
Programme:
St John's RCUK Scholarship
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
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University of Oxford
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English
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2020-07-26

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