Ghosts in the Mists: The Visual and the Visualized in Chinese Buddhist Art, ca. 1178

2016 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-320
Author(s):  
Phillip E. Bloom
Keyword(s):  
Buddhist Art ◽  
In The Mists

Śākyamuni’s Nirvāṇa in Buddhist Art

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 133-171
Author(s):  
Jung-hee Kim
Keyword(s):  
Buddhist Art

Classical and modern drug extraction techniques: facts and figures

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharti Umrethia ◽  
Bharat Kalsariya ◽  
Prof. P. U. Vaishnav
Keyword(s):  
Solvent Extraction ◽  
Dosage Forms ◽  
Herbal Extract ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Extraction Techniques ◽  
Modern Drug ◽  
Novel Drugs ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
In The Mists ◽  
Heating Pattern

In present era, herbal extract succeeds inimitable place in pharmaceutical science. In view back the earliest extraction techniques are lost in the mists of history. As time went the plants have been processed by grinding, boiling or immersing. The systemic presentation of Ayurvedic extraction system has been first time familiarized by Acharya Charaka as Panchavidha Kashaya Kalpana (five basic primary dosage forms) and based upon these primary dosage forms, secondary dosage forms are developed by using different heating pattern for extraction of pharmacological active ingredients. The administration of these dosage forms is mainly dependent on the Bala (strength) of Vyadhi (disease) and Atura (patient). Due to increased demand of Ayurvedic medicines and industrialization, the transformation of classical dosage forms takes place by implanting a wide range of technologies with different methods of extraction include conventional techniques such as maceration, percolation, infusion, decoction, hot continuous extraction etc. and recently, alternative methods like ultrasound assisted solvent extraction (UASE), microwave assisted solvent extraction (MASE) and supercritical fluid extractions (SFE). The extract obtained by these procedure uses as a large source of therapeutic phyto-chemicals that may lead to the development of novel drugs. Essentially, the purpose behind this changing face in both the extraction systems are different but can say that it is a new insight from ancient essence.

From Temples to Teahouses

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-61
Author(s):  
Gareth Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Lay Leaders ◽  
Buddhist Art ◽  
Lay Buddhism ◽  
Private Spaces ◽  
Art And Culture ◽  
Lay Buddhists ◽  
Key Events ◽  
State Restrictions

This article presents an overview of the nature of lay Buddhist revival in post-Mao China. After defining the category of lay practitioner, it outlines key events in the revival of lay Buddhism following the end of the Cultural Revolution. Following this, it describes three main aspects of the revival: the grassroots-organized formation of communities of lay Buddhists that gather at temples either to share and discuss the moral teachings of Buddhist-themed media or to engage in devotional activities; devotional and pedagogical activities organized for lay practitioners by monastic and lay leaders at temples and lay practitioners’ groves; and, more recently, the emergence of private spaces for specific practices such as meditation, the appreciation of Buddhist art and culture, and the discussion of teachings from specific Buddhist masters. The article concludes that while government-authorized temples continue to be active spaces for lay practitioners interested in Dharma instruction from monastics, regular devotional activities, and opportunities to earn merit and gain self-fulfillment through volunteerism, greater state restrictions on spontaneous lay-organized practices in temple space are increasingly leading lay practitioners to organize activities in private or semi-private spaces. The introduction of social media has facilitated the growth of Buddhist-related practices for laypersons in nontemple spaces.

Buddhist art in the museum as a source base of scientific research

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Светлана Гарриевна Батырева
Keyword(s):  
Art Criticism ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Museum Collection ◽  
Buddhist Art ◽  
Scientific Center ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The People ◽  
Initial Work ◽  
The One ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

В настоящей статье рассматривается проблема изучения музейной коллекции буддийского изобразительного искусства Калмыкии, а также сохранения художественного наследия в условиях глобализации культур. Автор ставит цель создать научно обоснованные информационные ресурсы на базе исследования музейных коллекций и экспонатов. Информация составляет суть музейного дела, в основе которого лежит научно-исследовательская деятельность, объединяющая сферы комплектования, учета и хранения фондов, с одной стороны, с другой коммуникативная, связанная с экспозиционно-выставочной деятельностью. Исходными в работе музея являются не только сохраняемый фонд, но и сведения об экспонатах, собираемые в процессе комплектования фонда и создания каталога музейного собрания, состоящего из коллекций. Основываясь на богатой традиции описания и каталогизации предметов искусства, а также применяя современные технологии и искусствоведческие методы, стало возможным подготовить и издать научный каталог коллекций основного фонда Музея традиционной культуры имени Зая-пандиты Калмыцкого научного центра РАН. This article discusses the problem of studying the museum collection of Buddhist fine art in Kalmykia, as well as preserving the artistic heritage in the context of globalization of cultures. The author aims to create scientifically based information resources that include research on museum collections and exhibits. Information is the essence of museum business, which is based on research activities that combine the fields of acquisition, accounting and storage of funds, on the one hand, and on the other hand, communicative activities related to exposition and exhibition activities. The initial work of the museum is not only the preserved fund, but also information about the exhibits collected in the process of acquiring the fund and creating a museum collection catalog consisting of collections. The Zaya-Pandita Museum of Traditional Culture of the Kalmyk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences stores and presents in the educational sphere multidisciplinary and largely unique information about the cultural heritage of the people. Based on a rich tradition of describing and cataloging objects of art, as well as using modern technologies and art criticism methods, it has become possible to prepare and publish a scientific catalog of the collections of the main fund of the Zaya-Pandita Museum of Traditional Culture.

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