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245 0 _aSacred biography in the Buddhist traditions of South and South-East Asia/
_cedited by Juliane Schober
260 _aHonolulu:
_bUniversity of Hawai Press,
_c1997.
300 _axi, 366 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
505 _aTrajectories 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.
650 _aBuddhist saints--Biography
650 _aBuddhist hagiography
650 _aGautama Buddha
700 _aSchober, Juliane, ed.
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