Ruthless Compassion: Wrathful Deities in Early Indo-Tibetan Esoteric Buddhist Art

Ruthless Compassion: Wrathful Deities in Early Indo-Tibetan Esoteric Buddhist Art
ISBN-10
0906026512
ISBN-13
9780906026519
Category
Buddhism
Pages
354
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Serindia Publications, Inc.
Author
Robert N. Linrothe

Description

The historical development of Esoteric Buddhism in India is still known only in outline. A few verifiably early texts do give some insight into the origin of the ideas which would later develop and spread to East and Southeast Asia, and to Tibet. However, there is another kind of evidence which can be harnessed to the project of reconstructing the history of Esoteric Buddhist doctrines and practice. This evidence consists of art objects, mainly sculpture, which survive in significant numbers from the 6th to the 13th century.

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