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Riven by lust : incest and schism in Indian Buddhist legend and historiography / Jonathan A. Silk.
LIBRA BQ4570.I53 S55 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silk, Jonathan A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Incest--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Incest.
- Buddhist sects--Historiography.
- Buddhist sects.
- Buddhist literature--History and criticism.
- Buddhist literature.
- Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- 1 Incest and Schism 1
- 2 The Creation of Sects in Early Buddhism 12
- 3 The Story of Mahadeva 17
- 4 The Buddhist Context of Sin 21
- 5 Mahadeva in Other Sources 38
- 6 Schism Accounts in Buddhist Doxographies 58
- 7 The Story of Dharmaruci 64
- 8 Abuse and Victimhood 76
- 9 Persian Perversities 82
- 10 The Bedtrick 88
- 11 Retelling Dharmaruci's Story 100
- 12 Dharmaruci in Other Sources 110
- 13 Incest in Indian Buddhist Culture 125
- 14 The Story of Utpalavarna 137
- 15 The "Indian Oedipus" 164
- 16 Joseph and the Wife of Potiphar 171
- 17 Further Dimensions of the Oedipal in India 180
- 18 The Medieval European Oedipal Judas 189
- 19 Why Incest Taboos? 202
- 20 Forging Mahadeva 217.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-333) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780824830908
- 0824830903
- OCLC:
- 225532087
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