Unfortunate destiny : animals in the Indian Buddhist imagination /
Ohnuma, Reiko,
Unfortunate destiny : animals in the Indian Buddhist imagination / Reiko Ohnuma. - New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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 -- Introduction -- (Human) nature, red in tooth and claw -- Animal saviors -- Animal doubles of the Buddha -- Introduction -- Scapegoat for the Buddha: the horse Kanthaka -- Mirror for the Buddha: the elephant Parileyyaka -- Billboard for the Buddha: the elephant Naagiri.
9780190637552
2017017850
Buddhist literature--Themes, motives.--India
Animals in literature.
Animals--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
Buddhism--India.
Electronic Books.
BQ1029 / .U546 2017
Unfortunate destiny : animals in the Indian Buddhist imagination / Reiko Ohnuma. - New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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 -- Introduction -- (Human) nature, red in tooth and claw -- Animal saviors -- Animal doubles of the Buddha -- Introduction -- Scapegoat for the Buddha: the horse Kanthaka -- Mirror for the Buddha: the elephant Parileyyaka -- Billboard for the Buddha: the elephant Naagiri.
9780190637552
2017017850
Buddhist literature--Themes, motives.--India
Animals in literature.
Animals--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
Buddhism--India.
Electronic Books.
BQ1029 / .U546 2017