Heavenly Exploits

Buddhist Biographies from the Divyavadana

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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This selection of religious biographies from the early centuries C.E. offers a delightful introduction to a literary genre that has played an essential part in Buddhist self-understanding for over two thousand years.The Heavenly Exploits are "Buddhist Biographies from the Dívyavadána." The worldly face of religious literature, these lively morality tales have inspired audiences across Asia for more than two millennia. This volume contains four of the thirty-eight Buddhist biographical stories in the "Dívyávadana," or Heavenly Exploits. Where religion meets the world, these tales present something for everyone.Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC FoundationFor more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org

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Utgivningsdatum2005-02-01
Mått102 x 152 x 21 mm
Vikt295 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieClay Sanskrit Library
Antal sidor444
FörlagNew York University Press
ISBN9780814782880
ÖversättareTatelman, Joel

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