Texts on Bowing and Prostrations as Religious Practice

[Paul Kekai Manansala]

"Rev. Heng Sure" wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am an American Buddhist monk finishing my Doctorate at the Graduate
> Theological Union in Berkeley, California. My topic is bowing in
> Chinese Buddhist repentance liturgies. I need any information on
> Indian sources that discuss bowing.  I would like some help in
> locating both Hindu and Indian Buddhist texts that discuss bowing and
> making prostrations as part of religious practice.
>
> Sanskrit and Pali sources would be useful, and also translations of
> texts into Tibetan and European languages.
>
> I would appreciate any references to secondary literature on the subject.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Namaste,
>
> Heng Sure
>
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