Unfortunate destiny : animals in the Indian Buddhist imagination

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

Unfortunate Destiny focuses on the roles played by non-human animals within the imaginative thought-world of Indian Buddhism, as reflected in pre-modern South Asian Buddhist literature. These roles are multifaceted, diverse, and often contradictory: In Buddhist doctrine and cosmology, the animal reb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ohnuma, Reiko (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Buddhist literature > India > Themes, motives.
Animals in literature.
Animals > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Buddhism > India.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Animals in literature
Animals > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Buddhism
India
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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