Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Amitabha/Amida in Japan
This chapter describes Amitabha/Amida in Japan located on page 156 of volume Volume 2 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
Volume 2 comprises the studies of Prof. Lokesh Chandra on the iconography, syllabary, tantras, cultural heritage in general, defence, Canon and mandalas of Japan, Korea and China.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Amitabha/Amida in Japan. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Triveni Journal
The most famous and conspicuous work of art of this period is the well-known bronze image of Amida Buddha (Dai Butsu), at Kamakura. measuring 50 feet in height and seated on a lotus-pedestal, with perfect repose and a calm and serene expression, as beautiful as any in India or Ceylon....
Read full contents: Sculpture in the Far East
Vietnamese Buddhist Art [by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh]
The female aspect of Avalokitesvara in China, Vietnam and Japan is actually White-robed Kuan-yin. She is Pandara or Pandara-vasini in Sanskrit, the consort of Amitabha. The preference of ladies to worship a goddess led to her unprecedented popularity, so much so that she replaced the male Kuanyin. Kuan yin was originally the specific name of Avalokitesvara. Avalokitesvara becomes a goddess in China, and is most widely worshipped in this manifestation....
Read full contents: 1. Physical appearance of Avalokitesvara
Sripura (Archaeological Survey) [by Bikash Chandra Pradhan]
Out of five only three dyaniBuddhas-Amitabha, Ratnasambhava and Aksobhya have been identified so far in present hoard. Nineteen images of dyani-Buddha, in which seventeen represent Amitabha, one Ratnasambhava and one Aksobhya have been recognized so far in the present hoard. Out of seventeen icons of Amitabha, one is portrayed independently while other are miniature figures tucked on the head of their Boddhisattvas....
Read full contents: Scultures of Dhyani-Buddha
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[Volume 4 (summary)]
[Volume 5 (summary)]
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