Of beggars and Buddhas: the politics of humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand

The 547 Buddhist jatakas, or verse parables, recount the Buddha's lives in previous incarnations. In his penultimate and most famous incarnation, he appears as the Prince Vessantara, perfecting the virtue of generosity by giving away all his possessions, his wife, and his children to the beggar...

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主要作者: Bowie, Katherine Ann (Author)
格式: Print 图书
语言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: Madison, Wisconsin The University of Wisconsin Press [2017]
In:Year: 2017
丛编:New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Thailand / Buddhistische Literatur / Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Jātaka. Vessantarajātaka
IxTheo Classification:BL Buddhism
Further subjects:B Buddhism and politics (Thailand) History
B Buddhism and politics History Thailand
B Buddhist giving
B Jataka stories, Thai 幽默
B Tipiṭaka
B Buddhism and state History Thailand
B Buddhist stories, Thai 幽默
B Buddhism and state (Thailand) History
B Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Jātaka. Vessantarajātaka
B Jataka stories, Thai Political aspects
B Buddhist stories, Thai Political aspects