Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-x

Introduction: Buddhism in Asian History

pp xi-xxx

Part I - Tran smissions of Buddhism Before the Seventh Century

pp 1-2

1 - Networks for Long-distance Transmission of Buddhism in South Asian Transit Zones

pp 3-18

2 - Truth and Scripture in Early Buddhism: Categorial Reduction as Exegetical Method in Ancient Gandhāra and Beyond

pp 19-38

3 - Now You Hear it, Now You Don't: The Phrase “Thus Have I Heard” in Early Chinese Buddhist Translations

pp 39-64

4 - The First Āgama Transmission to China

pp 65-84

5 - What is a “Hīnayāna Zealot” Doing in Fifth-Century China?

pp 85-100

6 - Meditation Traditions in Fifth-Century Northern China: With a Special Note on a Forgotten “Kaśmīri” Meditation Tradition Brought to China by Buddhabhadra (359-429)

pp 101-130

7 - Transmission of the Dharma and Reception of the Text: Oral and Aural Features in the Fifth Chapter of the Book of Zambasta

pp 131-170

Part II - Buddhism Across Asia between the Seventh and Fifteenth Centuries

pp 171-172

8 - On Kuiji's Sanskrit Compound Analyses: Transmission of Sanskrit Grammar in the Early Tang Dynasty

pp 173-192

9 - Abridged Teaching (Lüe Jiao): Monastic Rules between India and China

pp 193-206

10 - From Nālandā to Chang'an: A Survey of Buddhist Libraries in Medieval China (618-907)

pp 207-232

11 - Multiple Traditions in One Ritual: A Reading of the Lantern-Lighting Prayers in Dunhuang Manuscripts

pp 233-258

12 - The Idea of India (Tenjiku) in Pre-Modern Japan: Issues of Signification and Representation in the Buddhist Translation of Cultures

pp 259-290

13 - The Buddhist Image Inside-Out: On the Placing of Objects Inside Statues in East Asia

pp 291-308

14 - Indian Abhidharma Literature in Tibet: A Study of the Vijñāna Section of Sthiramati's Pañcaskandhakavibhāṣā

pp 309-326

15 - From Aśoka to Jayavarman VII: Some Reflections on the Relationship between Buddhism and the State in India and Southeast Asia

pp 327-346

16 - The Theravāda Buddhist Ecumene in the Fifteenth Century: Intellectual Foundations and Material Representations

pp 347-368

Part III - Buddhist Connections after the Fifteenth Century

pp 369-370

17 - The Sphere of the Sāsana in the Context of Colonialism

pp 371-382

18 - Patronage and Place: The Shwedagon in Times of Change

pp 383-402

19 - Wang Hongyuan and the Import of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism to China during the Republican Period

pp 403-428

20 - Buddhist Practices and Institutions of the Chinese Community in Kolkata, India

pp 429-458

List of Contributors

pp 459-464

Index

pp 465-482

Miscellaneous Endmatter

pp 483-483