Sarva-Tathagata-Tattva-Sangraha. Sanskrit text with introduction and illustrations of mandalas
Delhi, Varanasi, Patna, Madras: Motilal Banarsidass, [1987]. First edition, 4to, pp. 97, [1], 214; text illustrations and two folding plates; source text in Sanskrit with introduction and notes in English; full purple cloth, touch of staining to boards, else fine in fine dust jacket. "The STTS is of signal importance for the historic development of philosophic speculation in India, Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Tibet and Mongolia. Moreover, the text could be presented as a 'visual dharma', as a mandala, in the form of a large painted scroll, as sculptures, or an intricate monument. Thus, it exerted a mighty influence on the fine arts of several countries... A detailed study of the text, in relation to the manner in which the philosophic dimensions of the tantric vision were expressed in architectonic constellations, holds explanations of problems as yet unsolved." Item #71158
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