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Legend of Queen Cāma

Bodhiraṃsi's Cāmadevīvaṃsa, a Translation and Commentary

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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An English translation and a commentary on the chronicle of Queen Cama, an important but neglected female monarch who founded a dynasty in Northern Thailand.The Legend of Queen Cāma ( Cāmadevīvaṃsa), an early fifteenth-century Pali chronicle written by Mahathera Bodhiraṃsi, recounts the story of the founding of the kingdom of Haripuñjaya in the Chiang Mai valley of Northern Thailand in the seventh century C.E. Similar to other Theravāda Pali chronicles, the legend integrates religious and political stories, namely, Queen Cāma's founding of a dynastic lineage and the fortunes of Buddhism within it. The Legend of Queen Cāma offers revealing insights into the nature of Buddhism as a living tradition during one of the greatest periods in the history of Thai Buddhism. These insights include the symbolic structure of Buddhist cosmology, the close association of Buddhism and the founding of city states, the interrelationship of popular Buddhist ethical teachings and devotional religion, and the inherently syncretic nature of Buddhism as presented in a text indebted to the folkloric traditions of Northern Thailand.One of the most striking features of the book is the parallelism between the text's dominant narratives—the Buddha's journey to Northern Thailand and his prediction of the discovery of a Buddha relic by King Adittaraja (eleventh century C.E.), and the founding by Queen Cāma of a lineage destined to govern Haripunjaya for five hundred years. The Buddha and Queen Cāma are equal partners in this creative, cosmically significant act. Both plant the seeds that mature into a Mon Buddhist politico-cultural center that predates the advent of Thai suzerainty in Northern Thailand by five hundred years.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1998-06-04
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Buddhist Studies
Antal sidor195
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791437766

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Donald K. Swearer is Charles & Harriet Cox McDowell Professor of Religion, Swarthmore College. He has written and edited many books, among them The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia and Me and Mine: Selected Essays of Bikkhu Buddhadasa, both published by SUNY Press. Sommai Premchit is a Research Associate at the Institute for Social Research, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, and an Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology. He is coauthor of The Lan Na Twelve-Month Traditions.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSMAPSPECIMEN PAGEDRAMATIS PERSONAEACKNOWLEDGMENTSABBREVIATIONSINTRODUCTION PART I. INTERPRETATION The Camadevivamsa and the Chronicle Tradition of Northern ThailandThe Structure of the CamadevivamsaThe Camadevivamsa as a Narrative Tapestry of Myth, Legend, and HistoryAnd HistoryWhich Camadevi? PART II. THE CAMADEVIVAMSA 1. The Buddha's Prophecy2. Vasudeva and the Founding of Migasanghanagara3. The Plan for Building Haripuñjaya4. Camadevi Consecrated as Queen of Haripuñjaya5.-6. Synopsis from the Jinakalamalipakaranam7. Victory over Milakkharaja8. The Coronation and Marriage of Mahantayasa9. The Founding of Khelanga10. Camadevi at Khelanga and the Founding of Alambanganagara11. Camadevi's Reign at Alambanganagara, Her Return to Haripuñjaya, and Her Death12. Royal Succession, Cholera Epidemic, and Flight to Hamsavati13. Adittaraja's Reign and the Battle with Lavo14. Victory over Lavo15. King Adittaraja and the Appearance of the Buddha RelicAPPENDIX RULERS OF HARIPUÑJAYAGLOSSARY OF SELECTED PALI TERMSBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX