TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD
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lMAGES OF DESTRUcnON AN ENQUlRY INTO HlNDu IeONS IN THEIR RELATION 1"0 BUDDIllSM
by Giovanni Verardi
1
AVAJRAYANICTHEMEINTHEROCKSCULPTUREOFSWAT
by Anna Filigenzi
37
SOME CONSIDERATIONS ONTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN H!NDU AND BUDDHIST TANTRAS
by Francesco Sferra. ... ...... .. ..... ... ..... ... ....... ....... .... ... .. 57 CANONICAL QUOTATIONS IN THE KHOTANESE BOOK OF VIMALAKlRTI
by Mauro Maggi .. ... ....... ..... .. .. ....... .. ... .... .. .... ...... .. .. 85 EROS AND DEATH IN ESOTERIC lNDO-TIBETAN BUDDHISM
by GiacllJJZella Orofino
103
THEEXCAVATIONSATTHEFENGXIANSISITEINLONGMEN, CHINA by Erika Forte.. ... ....... ..... ... .. .... .. .. ..... .... ... ... ...... ... . 123 ONTHE ORIGIN OF THE PURPLEKA$AYA IN CHINA
by Antonino Forte. .. .... ..... .... ... .. ..... .... ..... ....... .... ... .. 145 DHARMARAK.$AAND KAN1HAKA WHITE HORSE MONASTERIES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL ClllNA
by Antonello Palumbo
167
PRINTINGS OF THE BUDDHIST "CANON" IN MODERNJAPAN by Silvio Vita........................................................ 217