The "Sūtra on Transforming the Female Form": Unpacking an Early Medieval Chinese Buddhist Text
In this article I seek to show that T564, the Sūtra on Transforming the Female Form (Zhuan nüshen jing 轉女身經), is not only a composite text which integrates narrative and doctrinal material from a number of other sūtras, but also that it was likely written in early medieval China. The identification...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2016]
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Journal of Chinese religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 127-148 |
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China
/ Buddhism
/ Woman
/ Buddhahood
/ Folk religion
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indigenous Chinese texts
B sex change B Six Dynasties B Mahāyāna B Sūtra on Transforming the Female Form B Chinese Buddhism |
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Volltext (Verlag) |