Lost Empire of the Silk Road: Buddhist Art from Khara Khoto (X-XIIIth Century [sic]) |
Contents
Message from His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama | 9 |
Acknowledgments | 15 |
The Inner Evolution of Buddhist Iconography | 23 |
Copyright | |
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12th century Acala Amitabha artistic Asian attributes Avalokitesvara blue bodhisattvas bottom Buddha Amitabha Buddhist caitya catalogue Central Asia central figure centre century Scroll century Tangka China Chinese style circle cm with original colour corner cult culture Dalai Lama decorated deities depicted donors dressed Dunhuang dynasty emperor exhibition expedition face five flower fragment Guanyin hair Hermitage Museum holding iconography Imperial Indian inscription Institute of Oriental Jürchen Khara Khoto Khara Khoto collection Khitan Kozlov Kubera Kychanov Land of Amitabha Liao Literature lokapālas lotus throne Mahāyāna mandala mandorla Mañjuśrī manuscripts Menshikov Mongolian Mongols monk Oldenburg Oriental Studies paintings Petersburg planet portrait prajñā protector Pure Land right hand Righteous Russian Academy Samantabhadra Samvara Sanskrit silk Song stūpa stylised suburgan sutra symbolise Tang Tangut Empire Tārā Tibet Tibetan style town tradition translated twelfth century Uighur Vaisravana vajra Vajravārāhī Vajrayāna wearing Xi Xia xylograph yellow Yuan-hao