Buddhist Literature; History and Criticism; Maitreya; History; Buddhist Deity
摘要
The art and iconography of Maitreya throw on the material culture of India for various centuries. But barring a few exceptions there was hardly any comprehensive study on Maitreya from the point of views of an art-historian and art-critic. This excellently illustrated book is a welcome beginning of specialized studies on Maitreya, the future Buddha. The book describes in detail the growth of Buddhist art and advent of Maitreya in the art and literature and the characteristics of its various forms in India an admirably vivid and concise literary and historical records in which the wealth of beauty is produced.
目次
PART I : Literature - Introduction; Maitreya, the Future Buddha, The Anagatavamsa : A Holy Life of the Maitreya Buddha; The Role of Maitreya in Other Literature (Pali and Sanskrit); Appendices - (a) Anagatavamsa : Text, Eng. Tr., Colophon of the copy made at Mandalay in 1886; PART II : History & Art - Indian Art : Its Origin, Development, Buddhist art, Symbol Worship, Buddha Images Originated in Gandhara and Mathura; The Image of Maitreya in India : Gandhara and Mathura, Eastern India - Bihar and Bengal, Southern India - Ajanta and Ellora, Northern India - Kashmir and Ladakh; Maitreya Images in Other Asiatic Countries : Nepal, Tibet, China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia or Combujadesa, Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka, Java, Afghanistan
