Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-x

List of Abbreviations

pp xi-xii

Conventions

pp xiii-xiv

1 - Introduction: Esoteric Buddhist Networks along the Maritime Silk Routes, 7th–13th Century AD

pp 1-26

I - MONKS, TEXTS, PATRONS

pp 27-28

2 - Coronation and Liberation According to a Javanese Monk in China: Bianhong's Manual on the abhiṣeka of a cakravartin

pp 29-66

3 - SaṇHyanKamahāyanikan, Borobudur, and the Origins of Esoteric Buddhism in Indonesia

pp 67-112

4 - Traces of Indonesian Influences in Tibet

pp 113-122

5 - The Politics of Esoteric Buddhism: Amoghavajra and the Tang State

pp 123-140

6 - (Spi)ritual Warfare in 13th-Century Asia? International Relations, the Balance of Powers, and the Tantric Buddhism of Kṛtanagara and Khubilai Khan

pp 141-160

II - ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND MATERIAL CULTURE

pp 161-162

7 - Images of Devotion and Power in South and Southeast Bengal

pp 163-190

8 - Borobudur's Pāla Forebear? A Field Note from Kesariya, Bihar, India

pp 191-210

9 - Imagery, Ritual, and Ideology: Examining the Mahāvihāra at Ratnagiri

pp 211-236

10 - Seeds of Vajrabodhi: Buddhist Ritual Bronzes from Java and Khorat

pp 237-252

11 - Archaeological Evidence for Esoteric Buddhism in Sumatra, 7th to 13th Century

pp 253-274

12 - The Tale of Sudhana and Manoharā on Candi Jago: An Interpretation of a Series of Narrative Bas-reliefs on a 13th-Century East Javanese Monument

pp 275-320

III - BAUDDHA-ŚAIVA DYNAMICS

pp 321-322

13 - Once More on the ‘Ratu Boko Mantra’: Magic, Realpolitik, and Bauddha-Śaiva Dynamics in Ancient Nusantara

pp 323-348

14 - Mid-9th-Century ADversity for Sinhalese Esoteric Buddhist Exemplars in Java: Lord Kumbhayoni and the ‘Rag-wearer’ PaṁsukὈlika Monks of the Abhayagirivihāra

pp 349-380

15 - A Śaiva Text in Chinese Garb? An Annotated Translation of the Suji liyan Moxishouluo tian shuo aweishe fa

pp 381-388

APPENDIX A: The Names of Nāgabuddhi and Vajrabuddhi

pp 389-392

APPENDIX B: Notes on the Alleged Reading vālaputra on the Pikatan Funeral Stele

pp 393-394

The Contributors

pp 395-398

Bibliography

pp 399-440

Index

pp 441-466

NALANDA-SRIWIJAYA SERIES

pp 467-468