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Unfortunate destiny : animals in the Indian Buddhist imagination / Reiko Ohnuma.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190637552
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BQ1029 .U546 2017
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Contents:
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.
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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.

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