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Unfortunate destiny : animals in the Indian Buddhist imagination / Reiko Ohnuma.
Van Pelt Library BQ1029.I42 O58 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ohnuma, Reiko, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhist literature--India--Themes, motives.
- Buddhist literature.
- Animals in literature.
- Animals--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Animals.
- Buddhism--India.
- Buddhism.
- Themes, motives.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 242 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Unfortunate destiny
- Introduction
- Unfortunate destiny: animals in a Buddhist cosmos
- Catching sight of the Buddha:
- Faithful animals in the Divyavadana and Avadanasataka
- When animals speak: animals in the Pali Jatakas
- (Human) nature, red in tooth and claw
- Animal saviors
- Animal doubles of the Buddha
- Scapegoat for the Buddha: the horse Kanthaka
- Mirror for the Buddha: the elephant Parileyyaka
- Billboard for the Buddha: the elephant Naagiri.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ohnuma, Reiko. Unfortunate destiny.
- ISBN:
- 9780190637545
- 0190637544
- OCLC:
- 965760241
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