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Keywords
Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography, Lokesh Chandra, Deep Sand God, symbolism, iconography, Buddhist art
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How to Cite
Chandra, L. (2023) ‘Deep Sand God’, The Art of Eurasia, (3), pp. 264–267. doi:10.46748/ARTEURAS.2023.03.018.
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Abstract
The article is devoted to the iconography of the God of Deep Sands, an angry Buddhist deity who, according to legend, protected the monk Hüan-tsang on his journey through Central and South Asia. The article presents images and texts from the Chinese Tripitaka, Japanese iconographic collection Jōbodai shū (by Eiban, 1094), treatises Tz’u-en chuan, Shingon-mikkyō-zu-in-shū, T’ang San-tsang chi, Tem-bu-gyō-zō, Zuzō-shō (by Yōgen), Besson-zakki and Shoson-zuzō (by Shinkaku), Shika-shō-zuzō and Asaba-shō (by Shōchō), scroll of Daigo-ji, collection of Kakuzen, and data from other sources. Translation of an article by Lokesh Chandra from the Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography by S.M. Belokurova.
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