Format:
1 Online-Ressource (265 pages)
ISBN:
9780190637552
Content:
This book constitutes the first major study of Indian Buddhist ideas about nonhuman animals and the roles played by animal characters in Buddhist literature.
Content:
Cover -- unfortunate destiny -- Copyright -- contents -- List of Figures -- Conventions -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part I: UNFORTUNATE DESTINY -- 1. Unfortunate Destiny: Animals in a Buddhist Cosmos -- 2. Catching Sight of the Buddha: Faithful Animals in the Divyāvadāna and Avadānaśataka -- Part II: WHEN ANIMALS SPEAK: ANIMALS IN THE PĀLI JĀTAKAS -- 3. (Human) Nature, Red in Tooth and Claw -- 4. Animal Saviors -- Part III: ANIMAL DOUBLES OF THE BUDDHA -- 5. Scapegoat for the Buddha: The Horse Kanthaka -- 6. Mirror for the Buddha: The Elephant Pārileyyaka -- 7. Billboard for the Buddha: The Elephant Nāḷāgiri -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190637545
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ohnuma, Reiko Unfortunate destiny New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017 ISBN 9780190637545
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0190637544
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190637552
Language:
English
Keywords:
Sanskrit
;
Pāli
;
Buddhistische Literatur
;
Tiere
;
Avadāna
;
Tipiṭaka Suttapiṭaka
;
Khuddakanikāya
;
Jātaka
;
Tiere
;
Sanskrit
;
Pāli
;
Buddhistische Literatur
;
Tiere
;
Avadāna
;
Tipiṭaka Suttapiṭaka
;
Khuddakanikāya
;
Jātaka
;
Tiere
Author information:
Ohnuma, Reiko
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