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The Open Buddhist University

📰 Human Anatomy in Ancient Indian Sculptures of Gandhara Art Illustrating the Fasting Buddha (A free, 5-page article from 2017)

Tags: #Buddhastatue #CentralAsian #HistoryOfMedicine
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The Open Buddhist University · Human Anatomy in Ancient Indian Sculptures of Gandhara Art Illustrating the Fasting BuddhaOur observations demonstrate that ancient Indian artists of the Gandhara region had a basic knowledge of human anatomy, especially surface anatomy and musculoskeletal features. They also possessed knowledge of the approximate size and position of the bones, joints and muscles, including their approximate origin and insertion points. However, certain errors of anatomical knowledge including an extra number of ribs and a segmented sternum were noticed.
The Open Buddhist University

📰 Talismans Used by the Uyghur Buddhists and their Relationship with the Chinese Tradition (A free, 30-page article from 2021)

Tags: #China #Medieval #CentralAsian
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The Open Buddhist University · Talismans Used by the Uyghur Buddhists and their Relationship with the Chinese TraditionThis article discusses the history of talismans in Central Asian Buddhism and their origin in East Asia, particularly through Daoism. For the Uyghurs, a Turkic people who converted to Buddhism in Central Asia, talismans were linked to esoteric Buddhism, as shown through texts found in the Dunhuang. The article ends with a look at talismans in Old Uyghur texts.
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📰 A Hoard of Inscribed Gandharan Metalware (A free, 38-page article from 2022)

Tags: #Sects #CentralAsian
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The Open Buddhist University · A Hoard of Inscribed Gandharan MetalwareThe article describes a set of seven silver objects – three goblets, two ladles, a bowl and a cup – bearing short dedicatory inscriptions in Kharoṣṭhī script datable to around the first century CE. The inscriptions record in the usual Gandharan fashion the donation of the utensils by a group of nuns and lay-persons, perhaps constituting a family, to a Sarvāstivādin monastery called Utarode(v)a located at an otherwise unknown place, ‘Koṇaśili.’
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