The Indian Buddhist : Iconography / Benoytosh Bhattacharyya.

By: Bhattacharyya BenoytoshMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi. Cosmo publications. 2013 Edition: 1st ed. 2013Description: 516 p . ; hardbound 18x25cmISBN: 81-7020-056-3DDC classification: 704.9489430954

Contents:

1.Introduction 2.Dhyani and Mortal Buddhas 3.The Bodhisattvas 4.Bodhisattva manjusri 5.Bodhisttva Avalokitesvara 6.Emanations of Amitabha 7.Emanations of aksobhya 8.Emanations of aksobhya(continued) 9.Emanations of vairocana 10.Emanations of amoghasiddhi 11.Emanations of ratnasambhava 12.Collective deities 13.Phiosophical deities 14.Hindu Gods in vajrayana 15.Conclusion

Summary: The study of the buddhist branch of indian iconography is one of the most interesting and fascinating of all studies. In Buddhist iconography the whole world is interested because buddhism is not confined within the limits of india like hinduism and jainism,but travelled far and wide beyond the himalayas to tibet,china,japan, korea and mongolia on one side, and to indoceylon,siam,indonesia,burma .

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1.Introduction
2.Dhyani and Mortal Buddhas
3.The Bodhisattvas
4.Bodhisattva manjusri
5.Bodhisttva Avalokitesvara
6.Emanations of Amitabha
7.Emanations of aksobhya
8.Emanations of aksobhya(continued)
9.Emanations of vairocana
10.Emanations of amoghasiddhi
11.Emanations of ratnasambhava
12.Collective deities
13.Phiosophical deities
14.Hindu Gods in vajrayana
15.Conclusion

The study of the buddhist branch of indian iconography is one of the most interesting and fascinating of all studies. In Buddhist iconography the whole world is interested because buddhism is not confined within the limits of india like hinduism and jainism,but travelled far and wide beyond the himalayas to tibet,china,japan, korea and mongolia on one side, and to indoceylon,siam,indonesia,burma .

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