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A note on the “peculiar” name Jingzhuguo 淨住國 for India in the lost Hou Hanshu of Xie Cheng

In: Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics
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Cesar Guarde–Paz
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24 Jan 2011
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Han E, in his treatise Suihua jili, quotes a passage from the lost Houhanshu of Xie Cheng which contains the “peculiar” name of Jingzhuguo (country of pure dwelling) for the land of the Buddha, India. The present paper discusses the conditions under which this name could have arisen.

Title:
A note on the “peculiar” name Jingzhuguo 淨住國 for India in the lost Hou Hanshu of Xie Cheng
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/2405478X-90000062
Language:
English
Pages:
81–84
Keywords:
Jingzhuguo; India; Xie Cheng; Kuchean
In:
Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics
In:
Volume 4: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
2405-478X
Print ISSN:
1933-6985
Subjects:
China, Asian Studies, Uralic, Altaic & East Asian Languages, Languages and Linguistics

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