UID:
almafu_9958351927302883
Format:
1 online resource (336 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard University Press, 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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ISBN:
9780674054431
Content:
The androgynous, asexual Buddha of contemporary popular imagination stands in stark contrast to the muscular, virile, and sensual figure presented in Indian Buddhist texts. In this groundbreaking study of previously unexplored aspects of the early Buddhist tradition, John Powers skillfully adapts methodological approaches from European and North American historiography to the study of early Buddhist literature, art, and iconography, highlighting aspects of the tradition that have been surprisingly invisible in earlier scholarship.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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1. The Ultimate Man --
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2. A Manly Monk --
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3. Sex and the Single Monk --
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4. The Problem with Bodies --
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5. The Company of Men --
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6. The Greater Men of the Greater Vehicle --
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7. Adepts and Sorcerers --
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8. Conclusion: Oversights and Insights --
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Appendix 1: The Major and Minor Physical Characteristics of a Great Man --
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Appendix 2: Epithets of the Buddha --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674054431
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674054431
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3300872
