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Author Copp, Paul F., 1965- author.

Title The body incantatory : spells and the ritual imagination in medieval Chinese Buddhism / Paul Copp.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]

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Location Call No. Status
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  294.3 COPP    Check Shelf
Description xxx, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series The Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies
Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Dharanis and the study of buddhist spells -- Scripture, relic, talisman, spell -- Amulets of the incantation of wish fulfillment -- Dust, shadow, and the incantation of glory -- Mystic store and wizards' basket.
Subject Buddhist incantations -- History.
Buddhism -- China -- Rituals -- History.
Buddhism -- Rituals. (OCoLC)fst00840083
Buddhist incantations. (OCoLC)fst00840180
China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
Buddhismus. (DE-588)4008690-2
Beschwörung. (DE-588)4144891-1
China. (DE-588)4009937-4
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780231162708 (cloth: alkaline paper)
0231162707 (cloth: alkaline paper)
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