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South Asia Across the Displines

University of California Press

Berkeley and Los Angeles, California

University of California Press, Ltd.

London, England

© 2013 by The Regents of the University of California

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kim, Jinah, 1976-

Receptacle of the sacred : illustrated manuscripts and the Buddhist book cult in South Asia / Jinah Kim.

pages cm. — (South Asia across the disciplines)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-520-27386-3 (cloth : alk. paper)

eISBN 9780520954885

1. Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts—South Asia—History. 2. Books—Religious aspects—Buddhism. 3. Manuscripts, Sanskrit—South Asia—History. 4. Buddhism—South Asia—Rituals—History. I. Title.

ND 3246.K56 2013

745.6’708829430954—dc232012027299

Manufactured in the United States

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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 2002) (Permanence of Paper).