Stūpas in medieval China : symbols of the Buddha, sacred buildings, or tombs?
By studying textual material from a new prospective, this dissertation aims at uncovering how Chinese Buddhists understood Buddhist stūpas and whether they worshipped them. Though stūpas are not Buddhist inventions, they frequently appear in Buddhist scriptures, depicted as important Buddhist object...
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University of British Columbia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42255 |