Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
India and Japan
This chapter describes India and Japan located on page 196 of volume Volume 7 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 7 deals with the study of Sanskrit hymnology and the references to music in Vinaya and in several other texts. It further deals with Buddhist music in contemporary China, Korea and Japan.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes India and 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
AT a summit meeting of leaders next week in the Philippines, senior officials from India, Singapore, Japan and perhaps other countries are scheduled to discuss the revival of an ancient university in India called Nalanda. It is a topic unlikely to receive much mention in the Western press....
Read full contents: Really old School
The Great Buddhist Emperors of Asia [by Shibani Dutta]
(* 21) Theravada Buddhist studies in Japan, Keiko Soda, p. 5. (* 22) Studies in the Buddhistic culture of India, Lai Mani Joshi, p. 4. (* 23) Buddhism in Japan, E. Dale Saunders, pp. 96-100. (* 24) Japan -Its history and culture, W. Scott Morton, pp. 20-22. (* 25) The path of the Buddha, (Ed. ), Kennth W. Morgan, pp. 312-323....
Read full contents: Chapter 6 - Japanese Dhammashoka Shotoku (574 A.C.–621 A.C.)
Stupas in Orissa (Study) [by Meenakshi Chauley]
He had taken with him numerous texts which included the Mahaivairocanabhisambodhi, which he translated into Chinese in 725 CE, and an iconographic copybook by his own hand, of the deities for the mandalas of the Sarvatathagata-tattvasamgraha, the latter is now surviving in Japan and is known as the Gobushinkan. Mahayana Buddhism could not maintain its popularity for a long time in Orissa....
Read full contents: During the Bhaumakara’s reign
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[Cultural Horizons of India: index]
[About the Author (Lokesh Chandra)]
[Volume 1 (summary)]
[Volume 1 (preface)]
[Volume 2 (summary)]
[Volume 3 (summary)]
[Volume 4 (summary)]
[Volume 5 (summary)]
[Volume 6 (summary)]
[Volume 7 (summary)]