Head, eyes, flesh, and blood : giving away the body in Indian Buddhist literature /

Head, eyes, flesh, and blood : giving away the body in Indian Buddhist literature / Reiko Ohnuma.

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Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood is the first comprehensive study of a central narrative theme in premodern South Asian Buddhist literature: the Buddha's bodily self-sacrifice during his previous lives as a bodhisattva. Conducting close readings of stories from Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese, and Tibetan...

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Main Author: Ohnuma, Reiko
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Gautama Buddha > Pre-existence.
Gautama Buddha.
Buddhist literature > India > Themes, motives.
Sacrifice in literature.
Pre-existence.
India.

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Call Number: BQ1029.I42 O56 2007eb
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