Reading the Mahāvamsa : The Literary Aims of a Theravada Buddhist History.

By:

Scheible, Kristin

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780231542609

Subject(s):

Mahaanaama

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reading the MahāvamsaDDC classification:

294.382

LOC classification:

BQ2607.S35 2016

Online resources:

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Contents:

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction -- 1. Instructions, Admonitions, and Aspirations in Vamsa Proems -- 2. Relocating the Light -- 3. Nagas, Transfigured Figures Inside the Text, Ruminative Triggers Outside -- 4. Nagas and Relics -- 5. Historicizing (in) the Pali Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: Reading the Mahāvamsa advocates a new, literary approach to this text by revealing its embedded reading advice (to experience samvega and pasada) and affective work of metaphors (the Buddha's dharma as light) and salient characters (nagas).

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Reading the Mahāvamsa advocates a new, literary approach to this text by revealing its embedded reading advice (to experience samvega and pasada) and affective work of metaphors (the Buddha's dharma as light) and salient characters (nagas).

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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