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The Hevajra System in Maritime Asia The Hevajra System in Maritime Asia
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Heruka in the Bayon Heruka in the Bayon
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The Khmer Empire The Khmer Empire
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Phimai Phimai
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East Java East Java
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Sumatra Sumatra
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25 Mandalas and Landscape in Maritime Asia
Get accessPeter Sharrock, SOAS University of London
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Published:22 February 2024
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Abstract
Fierce Herukas, emitted by the supreme buddhas of the Vajrayāna “thunderbolt vehicle,” emerged toward the end of the first millennium CE to bolster Buddhist kings outside India with supernatural powers to defend their territory, repel their enemies, and bring peace. This movement applied politically what was prescribed in the major Tantra texts of the great Ganges Valley monasteries but was not implemented in India. The Tantras envisaged extending supramundane maṇḍalas over the royal landscape that were networked into holy sites. The Buddhists were thus replicating in maritime Asia the system of Vidyāpīṭha Śaivism in the Indian subcontinent, where Śaiva masters drew their support for kings from holy pilgrimage sites linked to Śiva. This article traces this royal rebirth of the Herukas to underpin imperial strategies in the mundane sphere in interstate confrontations along the southern coast of Asia.
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