| Journal Call no. | AP8.W56 |
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| Author | Xie, Jinjin. |
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| Article Title | Shaanxi site identified as a Tantric mandala : shedding light on the spread of the creed / Xie Jinjin. |
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| Is Part Of | Window ; v.4, no.17, 5 May 1995, p.26-27, illus. |
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| Abstract | Researchers believe the underground palace, in Fufeng county in west Shaanxi, was built in the style of an ancient Tantric mandala - a symbolic design essential to the performance of sacred rites and used as an instrument of meditation. Tantra is one of the Buddhist religious writings concerned with mysticism and magic. |
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