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Sacred biography in the Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia

Sacred biography in the Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia
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ISBN 8120818121 (hbk.)
9788120818125 (hbk.)
Title Sacred biography in the Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia / edited by Juliane Schober
Publisher Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2002
Physical desc. xi, 366 p., [4] p. of plates ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Series Buddhist traditions
Note First published: Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Trajectories in Buddhist sacred biography / Juliane Schober -- Pt. 1: Buddha biography in textual and visual narratives. Rebirth traditions and the lineages of Gotama: a study in Theravada Buddhology / Frank E. Reynolds -- The biographical imperative in Theravada Buddhism / Mark R. Woodward -- Narrative as icon: the Jataka stories in ancient Indian and Southeast Asian architecture / Robert L. Brown -- Pt. 2: Extensions of the Buddha biography in texts. A family quest: the Buddha, Yasodhara, and Rahula in the Mulasarvastivada Vinaya / John S. Strong -- Nagarjuna's longevity / Reginald A. Ray -- Stupa, story, and empire: constructions of the Buddha biography in early post-Asokan India / Jonathan S. Walters -- Pt. 3: The Jatakas and biographies of kings. Painting the 'Great life' / Forrest McGill -- From prose to poetry: the literary development of Samuttakote / Thomas John Hudak -- 'Rationality' in the biography of a Buddhist king: Mongkut, King of Siam (r. 1851-1868) / Paul Christopher Johnson -- Pt. 4: The biographical genre in local Buddhist cults and practice. In the presence of the Buddha: ritual veneration of the Burmese Mahamuni image / Julian Schober -- The textualization of a monastic tradition: forest monks, lineage, and the biographical process / James L. Taylor -- The biography of modern Burmese Buddhist meditation master U Ba Khin: life before the cradle and past the grave / Gustaaf Houtman.
Person as subject Gautama Buddha
Subject Buddhist saints -- Biography -- History and criticism
Buddhist hagiography -- History and criticism
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