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263 appEnDiX 2 List of Major Motifs The following lists the item numbers of stories in which a select set of motifs appear.1 other, more specific listings of the occurrences of certain themes and ideas may be found in part 1 and in the index. Bodhisattva sound observer responds to devotion and saves devotee from distress: 13, 28, 31, 32, 33, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 58, 61, 62, 70, 73, 74, 85, 88, 93, 96, 97, 98, 103, 106, 120, 123, 129 Healing, miraculous: 23, 24, 33, 71, 87, 100, 122, 126, 127, 129 Heavens and pure lands, depictions of: 22, 72, 82, 87, 89, 90, 107 image, miracles associated with: preface, 1, 19, 58, 112, 114, 128 Mountain as place of monastic habitation: 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 41, 55, 56, 60, 91 pilgrimage: 1, 4, 12 punishment for desecration of images or sutras, theft of Buddhist property , or assault on Buddha: 75, 79, 83, 86, 111, 116, 121, 127 purgatories, depictions of: 5, 6, 23, 44, 45, 59, 65, 66, 67, 77, 92, 102, 118, 119, 125 Rain produced miraculously: 14, 56 Rebirth, with recall of former lives or prediction of future ones: 3, 30, 34, 45, 57, 69, 81, 101, 117, 124 Return from death: 5, 6, 23, 30, 35, 44, 45, 59, 65, 66, 77, 92, 104, 105, 110, 118, 119, 125 Revelation of sutra or teaching: 2, 45, 84 spirit-monks appear: 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 20, 25, 27, 39, 43, 66(?), 76, 87(?), 90, 95, 98, 101, 102, 104, 108, 109, 113 1. For very different sorts of classification of the work’s contents, see Zhou ciji, Liuchao zhiguai xiaoshuo yanjiu, 116–118, and Xiong Daolin, “Mingxiang ji yanjiu,” 244–255. 264 Appendix II sutra as sacred or miracle-performing artifact: 4, 21, 24, 25, 36, 52, 72, 93 Underground stupas, monasteries, or artifacts located miraculously: 10, 45, 55 Visitation by the deceased to family or friends: 18, 22, 26, 37, 38, 54, 68, 78, 80, 81, 102, 107, 115, 116, 124 Wonders performed by monk or nun: 8, 9, 10, 17, 29, 40, 41, 55, 56, 60, 64, 90, 99, 107, 113 ...

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