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Yixing ?? (673–727) and Jiugong ?? (‘Nine Palaces’): a case of Chinese redefinition of Indian ideas / Jinhua, Chen   Journal Article
Jinhua, Chen Journal Article
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Publication 2012.
Summary/Abstract By discussing Yixing's effort to recast a ma??ala of an Indian origin (originally described in the Mahavairocana sutra [Sutra of Great Sun]) by virtue of a Chinese cosmological framework known as jiugong 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.
Key Words Yixing  Jiugong  Esoteric Buddhism  Mandala 
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