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Волосы Будды: культ, житийный нарратив, паломническая традиция (IV–IX вв.)
The cult of Buddha relics found its diverse reflection in the literature of thе period of wide spread of Buddhism in India. It was one of the manifestations of the entire complex of Buddhist culture closely related to its other forms. Multiple descriptions of sacred places contained in the texts of Chinese pilgrims to India provide the researcher with a wealth of material and gives an idea of the many cult centers and revered relics, their types and their distribution in space. Preserved in stupas and monasteries "Buddha's hair" belonged to the most important category of relics, called "bodily" (śariradhātu). The analysis of the information collected by pilgrims compared with Indian hagiographic texts makes it possible to identify various semantic associations related to "hair relics". The paper also examines the problem of the relationship between the cult of the Buddha's hair and the Buddhist images.