The Tangut people (Tangut: 𗼎𗾧, ... As in China, becoming a Buddhist monk required government approval and anyone found to have taken the vows of a monk without such government …

This is a timeline of the Tangut people and the Western Xia dynasty. Tangut translation of the High King Avalokitesvara Sutra 𗣛𘟙𗯨𗙏𘝯𗖰𗚩 (Chinese: 高王觀世音經; pinyin: Gāowáng Guānshìyīn …

Most of the esoteric images in this cave link to Bari Lotsawa Rinchen Drak (1040–1111), a Tangut monk of Tibetan ordination who was a prominent translator and master of the Sakya Tibetan …

The paper proceeds from an understanding that the Tangut Buddhism was a correct representation of Sintic Buddhism in the Northern China during the 11 th-13 th centuries. The …

For both the Song and the Liao authorities, the Tangut problem evolved from a trivial border disturbance caused by rebellious tribes to a major political and military issue.

The Tangut dharani pillars (Chinese: 西夏文石幢; pinyin: Xīxiàwén shíchuáng) are two stone dharani pillars, with the text of a dhāraṇī - sutra inscribed on them in the Tangut script, which …

Aug 9, 2018 · In the conclusion to her meticulous study on the status of Western Xia’s di shi or imperial preceptors (elite and mostly Tibetan monks who instructed the emperor’s family and …

In considering the question, "Who are the Tanguts?" I propose to review here some of the available testimony of contemporaries, witnes-ses, commentators, and experts, from the …

Abstract This paper is devoted to a study of an important monument of late Tangut Buddhism: The Repentance Ritual on the Platform of Ocean-like Samadhi from the Avatamsaka Sutra (). …

Mar 8, 2020 · Reading the Twenty-Four Histories, a chronicle of China’s rulers from the prehistoric Yellow Emperor to the Ming dynasty, there is no mention of the name. Why did the Tangut …