Receptacle of the Sacred: Illustrated Manuscripts and the Buddhist Book Cult in South Asia

by Jinah Kim

In considering medieval illustrated Buddhist manuscripts as sacred objects of cultic innovation, Receptacle of the Sacred explores how and why the South Asian Buddhist book-cult has survived for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520273869
• ISBN13: 9780520273863
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"