Yixing 一行 (673–727) and Jiugong ä¹ å®« (‘Nine Palaces’): A Case of Chinese Redefinition of Indian Ideas*

Chen Jinhua

China Report, 2012, vol. 48, issue 1-2, 115-124

Abstract: By discussing Yixing’s effort to recast a maṇḠala of an Indian origin (originally described in the MahÄ vairocana sÅ«tra [SÅ«tra of Great Sun]) by virtue of a Chinese cosmological framework known as jiugong (‘Nine Palaces’), this article provides a case study of how some Buddhist ideas and practices were Sinicised when they were brought to China, particularly through Buddhist translations.

Keywords: Yixing; jiugong; Esoteric Buddhism; maṇḠala (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1177/000944551104800206

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