A Bull of a Man : Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism.
Powers, John.
A Bull of a Man : Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (335 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Ultimate Man -- 2. A Manly Monk -- 3. Sex and the Single Monk -- 4. The Problem with Bodies -- 5. The Company of Men -- 6. The Greater Men of the Greater Vehicle -- 7. Adepts and Sorcerers -- 8. Conclusion: Oversights and Insights -- Appendix 1: The Major and Minor Physical Characteristics of a Great Man -- Appendix 2: Epithets of the Buddha -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In this groundbreaking study of previously unexplored aspects of the early Buddhist tradition, Powers adapts methodological approaches from European and North American historiography to the study of early Buddhist literature, art, and iconography, highlighting aspects of the tradition that have been surprisingly invisible in earlier scholarship.
9780674054431
Masculinity-Religious aspects-Buddhism.
Sex role-Religious aspects-Buddhism.
Buddhist literature-India-History and criticism.
Buddhism-Social aspects-India-History.
Electronic books.
BQ4570
294.3/37
A Bull of a Man : Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (335 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Ultimate Man -- 2. A Manly Monk -- 3. Sex and the Single Monk -- 4. The Problem with Bodies -- 5. The Company of Men -- 6. The Greater Men of the Greater Vehicle -- 7. Adepts and Sorcerers -- 8. Conclusion: Oversights and Insights -- Appendix 1: The Major and Minor Physical Characteristics of a Great Man -- Appendix 2: Epithets of the Buddha -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In this groundbreaking study of previously unexplored aspects of the early Buddhist tradition, Powers adapts methodological approaches from European and North American historiography to the study of early Buddhist literature, art, and iconography, highlighting aspects of the tradition that have been surprisingly invisible in earlier scholarship.
9780674054431
Masculinity-Religious aspects-Buddhism.
Sex role-Religious aspects-Buddhism.
Buddhist literature-India-History and criticism.
Buddhism-Social aspects-India-History.
Electronic books.
BQ4570
294.3/37