Head, eyes, flesh, and blood : giving away the body in Indian Buddhist literature /

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Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood is the first comprehensive study of a central narrative theme in premodern South Asian Buddhist literature: the Buddha's bodily self-sacrifice during his previous lives as a bodhisattva. Conducting close readings of stories from Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese, and Tibetan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ohnuma, Reiko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Gautama Buddha > Pre-existence.
Gautama Buddha
Buddha.
Buddhist literature > India > Themes, motives.
Sacrifice in literature.
Littérature bouddhique > Inde > Thèmes, motifs.
Sacrifice dans la littérature.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Pre-existence
Sacrifice in literature
Präexistenz
Buddhistische Literatur
India
Indien
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood is the first comprehensive study of a central narrative theme in premodern South Asian Buddhist literature: the Buddha's bodily self-sacrifice during his previous lives as a bodhisattva. Conducting close readings of stories from Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese, and Tibetan literature written between the third century B.C.E. and the late medieval period, Reiko Ohnuma argues that this theme has had a major impact on the development of Buddhist philosophy and culture. Whether he takes the form of king, prince, ascetic, elephant, hare, serpent, or god, th.
Notas:Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Michigan).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 372 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-358) and index.
ISBN:9780231510288
0231510284

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