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Receptacle of the Sacred: Illustrated Manuscripts and the Buddhist Book Cult in South Asia . By
Author(s) -
Parikh Purvi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
religious studies review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 1748-0922
pISSN - 0319-485X
DOI - 10.1111/rsr.12204_3
Subject(s) - cult , receptacle , buddhism , citation , history , classics , theology , library science , philosophy , computer science , ancient history , engineering , mechanical engineering
Receptacle of the Sacred Illustrated Manuscripts and the January 20th, 2019 In considering medieval illustrated Buddhist manuscripts as sacred objects of cultic innovation Receptacle of the Sacredexplores how and why the South Asian Buddhist book cult has survived for almost two millennia to the present A book manuscript should be understood as a form of sacred space a temple in microcosm not only imbued with divine presence but also layered with the memories of many generations of users