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This volume examines the various facets of the life and works of Wu Yun, an eminent eighth-century Daoist priest, visionary poet, anti-Buddhist, defender of reclusion and philosopher of immortality, and sheds new light on the nature of Medieval Daoism.
€155.00$201.00
This collection of essays provides refreshing insights into the religious dimensions of traditional Chinese culture. Spanning two millennia, it deals with topics as varied as ritual, popular cults, puppet theatre, medicine and literature, but its bulk is devoted to Taoism.
€125.00$171.00
New identifications of the 460 bas-reliefs of Borobudur illustrating the Gandavyūha, based upon a comparison with the contents of three early Chinese translations of Sanskrit manuscripts of the text of Central Asian or Indian provenance.
€101.00$131.00
How has ancient India’s incredibly rich literary heritage been visually represented in temples in South and Southeast Asia is the central question of this volume. It discusses theoretical aspects, provides new interpretations, and proposes innovative interpretations through advanced comparative ...
€175.00$227.00
The present volume contains studies of crucial periods and important areas in the history of the Sanskrit language, from the earliest, Vedic and pre-Vedic periods, through the period of "Greater India", up to the recent history of Sanskrit in India.
€145.00$188.00
From archival sources in German, Dutch, Indonesian and Batak, as well as from interviews this study presents the place of missionary education and the role of local teachers in the birth and growth of the largest Protestant Church of Indonesia. An inside view of an important step in the growth ...
€216.00$280.00
This book deals with the history of South-East Asia from the earliest times to the present.