Bodhisattvas of the forest and the formation of the Mahāyāna: a study and translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Honolulu
University of Hawai'i Press
c 2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in the Buddhist traditions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mahayana
/ Bodhisattva
B Buddhist literature / Translation / Interpretation of B Rāṣṭrapālasūtra |
| Further subjects: | B
Commentary
B Mahayana Buddhism (India) History B Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥cchā Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Book review (H-Net) Table of Contents |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Asceticism and the glorification of the Buddha's body: the Indian text of Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥cchā-sūtra -- The physiognomy of virtue -- Former life narratives and the bodhisattva career -- Wilderness dwelling and the ascetic disciplines -- "Profit and honor": a critique of sedentary monasticism -- Indian Buddhism through a Chinese lens: Dharmarakṣaʹs translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra -- The role of translation in recovering the early Mahāyāna -- Mistranslation and missed translation -- Annotated translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra |
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| Physical Description: | XXIII, 287 S., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-8248-2881-X 978-0-8248-2881-3 |
