[48]: Granting Dharma-Ages (i.e., years in the Buddhist clergy since ordination)

545

[49]: Appellations [Used By Monks] Toward Rulers

549

[50]: Authorized Personnel for the Ordination Platform

567

[51]: Ordaining Monks for Financial Profit

577

[52]: Granting Posthumous Titles

583

[53]: Bodhisattva Monks

589

[54].: The Fruits Realized from Obtaining Enlightenment

597

[55]: The Persian [God] Maṇi

605

[56]: Decorated Scripture Desks for Leading the Imperial Carriage

613

[57]: Guardian Deities on the Gates of City Walls

621

[58]: Lighting Lanterns on the Fifteenth Day of the First Month (i.e., New Year)

627

[59]: General Remarks

635

Abbreviations

645

Bibliography

647

Index

689

About the Author

703