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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ohnuma, Reiko
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
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
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