Abstract
The Dhāraṇī for a Caitya is a short manual on the ritual preparation for and casting of small caityas from clay. The ritual has three main parts: a description of the general transformative power of the dhāraṇī, the preparation rituals for the ground and clay, and rituals for the consecration of the cast images. The main dhāraṇī, with the name vimaloṣṇīṣa, “stainless uṣṇīṣa,” was widely used in central and northeast Asian Buddhism, especially in the context of purification, consecration, and inauguration rituals.
| Original language | English |
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| Media of output | online |
| Publisher | 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha |
| Place of Publication | online |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 603902 Buddhism
- 602050 Tibetan studies