The weaving of mantra : Kūkai and the construction of esoteric Buddhist discourse

AcknowledgmentsInteraction of Kukai with the Nara ClergyIllustrationsIntroduction1. Kukai and (Very) Early Heian Society: A ProlegomenonPart I. Origins, Traces, Nonorigin2. Kukai's Dissent: Of Mendicancy and Fiction3. Journey to China: Outside Ritsuryo Discourse4. (No) Traces of Esoteric Buddhism: Dharani and the Nara Buddhist LiteraturePart II. Cartography5. Category and History: Constructing the Esoteric6. The Discourse of Complementarity: Constructing the Esoteric IIPart III. Writing and Polity7. Semiology of the Dharma or the Somaticity of the Text8. Of Mantra and Palace: Textualizing the Emperor, Calamity and the Cosmos9. Genealogy of Mantra and Kukai's LegacyPost-ScriptProblems of the Category of Heian BuddhismKukai and the Limitation of Kuroda's Kenmitsu TheoryGlossaryAbbreviationsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex