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The dharani pillar on the left side of the interior court in the Guandi Temple (關帝廟) Van Cutsem, Laurent

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The dharani pillar (or dhāraṇī pillar) locates at the left side of the interior court in the Guandi Temple (關帝廟) in Chaoyang city (朝陽市), Shuangta district (雙塔區). This pillar is carved with the Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī sūtra (Fódǐng zūnshèng tuóluóní jīng 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經). It is probably from the Tang dynasty (618-907).

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Title
The dharani pillar on the left side of the interior court in the Guandi Temple (關帝廟)
Creator
Van Cutsem, Laurent
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2019-07-10
Description
The dharani pillar (or dhāraṇī pillar) locates at the left side of the interior court in the Guandi Temple (關帝廟) in Chaoyang city (朝陽市), Shuangta district (雙塔區). This pillar is carved with the Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī sūtra (Fódǐng zūnshèng tuóluóní jīng 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經). It is probably from the Tang dynasty (618-907).
Subject
Dharani; Dharani pillar; Buddhism; Tang dynasty
Geographic Location
Chaoyang (Liaoning Sheng, China); Liaoning Sheng (China); 41.577421; 120.463854
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
Series
Cluster 2.2: "Secondary" Producers, "Primary" Roles
Date Available
2020-09-23
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0394489
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/76146
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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