Sacred biography in the Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia / edited by Juliane Schober.
Contributor(s): Schober, Juliane
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TextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 1997Description: xi, 366 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0824816994 (acidfree paper)Subject(s): Buddhist saints -- Biography -- History and criticism | Gautama Buddha | Buddhist hagiography -- History and criticismDDC classification: 294.3/6 LOC classification: BQ843 | .S23 1997Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Theravāda Buddhology / Frank E. Reynolds -- The biographical imperative in Theravāda Buddhism / Mark R. Woodward -- Narrative as icon: the jātaka 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, Yaśodharā, and Rāhula in the Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya / John S. Strong -- Nāgārjuna's longevity / Reginald A. Ray -- Stūpa, story, and empire: constructions of the Buddha biography in early post-Aśokan India / Jonathan S. Walters -- pt. 3. The jātakas 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 Mahāmuni image / Juliane Schober. -- The textualization of a monastic tradition: forest monks, lineage, and the biographical process in Thailand / James L. Taylor -- The biography of modern Burmese Buddhist meditation Master U Ba Khin: life before the cradle and past the grave / Gustaaf Houtman.