Sacred Biography in the Buddhist Traditions of South and Southeast Asia/ Schober, Juliane, (ed.)

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Buddim 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 Jdtaka Stories in Ancient Indian
and Southeast Asian Architecture
Robert L. Brown
PaRt 21
Extensions of the Buddha Bio(iraphY in Texts
A Family Quest:
The Buddha, Yasodhara, and Rahula
in the Mnlasan'dstivdda Vinaya
John S. Strong
Nagaijuna's Longevity
Rep^inald A. Ray
Stnpa, Story, and Empire:
Constructions of the Buddha Biography
in Early Post-As'okan India
Jonathan S. Walters
Pant 3
77/eJatakas and Biographies of Kings
Painting the "Great Life"
Forrest McQill
From Prose to Poetry:
The Literary Development of Sainuttakote
Thomas John Htidak
'Rationality" in the Biography of a Buddhist King:
Mongkut, KingofSiam (r. 1851-1868)
Paul Christopher Johnson
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The Biographical Genre in Local Buddhist Cults and Practice
In the Presence of the Buddha:
Ritual Veneration of the Bunnese Mahamuni Image
Juliane Schober
The Textualization of a Monastic Tradition:
Forest Monks, Lineage, and the Biographical Process
in Thailand
James L. Taylor
The Biography of Modem Burmese Buddhist
Meditation Master U Ba Khin: Life before
the Cradle and past the Grave
Gustaaf Houtman