Dharani pillar
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A dharani pillar, sutra pillar, or jingchuang is a type of stone pillar engraved with dhāraṇī-sūtras or simple dhāraṇī incantations that is found in China. Dharani pillars were usually erected outside
Ming dynasty octagonal dharani pillar, engraved with the Dharani of the Victorious Buddha-Crown, originally standing at the Temple of Azure Clouds (碧雲寺) in Beijing.
Tangut dharani pillars erected in 1502, now at the Ancient Lotus Pond (古蓮花池) in Baoding.
The Nīlakaṇṭha Dhāraṇī engraved on a stele.Temple Fo Ding Shan Chao Sheng in Sanyi Township, Taiwan. Erected in June 2005.
Tangut dharani pillars
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The Tangut dharani pillars are two stone dharani pillars, with the text of a dhāraṇī-sutra inscribed on them in the Tangut script, which were found in Baoding, Hebei, China in 1962. The dharani pillar
Dharani pillar
…transcribing the original Sanskrit text. Occasionally the dharani text may be transcribed using other writing systems. In 1962 two Ming Dynasty Tangut dharani pillars were discovered in a village in the north of Baoding, where a Buddhist temple with a white, stupa-shaped pagoda once stood. These pillars were engraved…
Detail of one face of Pillar A, showing the Tangut title and part of the dharani text, as well as a date in Chinese corresponding to 1502.