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Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty

By Jeffrey Theodore Kotyk

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2017
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english
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Abstract Acknowledgments Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures Abbreviations and Conventions Preface Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1. Preliminary Considerations 1.2. State of the Field 1.3. Aims of this Study 1.4. Primary Sources 1.5. Methodology 1.6. Chapter Outlines Chapter 2 Astrology and Eurasian Civilizations 2.1. Definitions: What is Astrology? 2.2. The Ecliptic in Three Civilizations 2.3. Occidental Astrology 2.4. Chinese Astrology 2.5. Astrology in Early Buddhism and Brahmanism 2.6. Astrology in Sūtra and Vinaya Literature 2.7. Astrology in Mahāyāna and Tantra 2.8. Astrology in the Chinese Buddhist Context 2.9. Conclusion Chapter 3 Early Buddhist Astrology in China: the Fourth to Seventh Centuries 3.1. Translations of the Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna 3.2. Astrological Elements in the Mahāsaṃnipāta 3.3. Early Buddhist Hemerology in China 3.4. Brahmanical Astrological Literature in Chinese Translation 3.5. Conclusion Chapter 4 Buddhist Astrology in the Mid-Tang: the Eighth Century 4.1. The Historical Yixing: Buddhist Monk and Astronomer 4.2. Tantric Hemerology 4.3. Early Astral Iconography 4.4. Amoghavajra and Astrology 4.5. Xiuyao jing 宿曜經 (T 1299) 4.6. Indian and Persian Astronomers at the Tang Court 4.7. The Duli yusi jing 都利聿斯經: Dorotheus in China 4.8. Cao Shiwei’s Futian li 符天曆 4.9. Conclusion Chapter 5 The Sinicization of Occidental Astrology: the Ninth Century 5.1. Popular Astrology in the Late-Tang 5.2. The Tejaprabhā and Sudṛṣṭi Cults 5.3. Qiyao rangzai jue 七曜攘災決 (T 1308): Mature Buddhist Astrology 5.4. Buddhist and Daoist Astral Magic in the Late-Tang 5.5. The Legendary Yixing 5.6. Xiuyao yigui 宿曜儀軌 (T 1304) 5.7. Qiyao xingchen bie xingfa 七曜星辰別行法 (T 1309) 5.8. Beidou qixing humo fa 北斗七星護摩法 (T 1310) 5.9. Fantian huoluo jiuyao 梵天火羅九曜 (T 1311) 5.10. Worship of the Big Dipper 5.11. Conclusion Chapter 6 Astrology in Post-Tang East Asia 6.1. Dunhuang and Bezeklik 6.2. Astrology and Astral Deities: Song to Ming Dynasties 6.3. Astrology in Korea, the Liao and Tangut Xixia 6.4. Astrology and Astral Magic in Japan 6.5. Sukuyōdō Horoscopy 6.6. Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Summary in Dutch Curriculum Vitae

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