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Steven Collins, Steven Collins

Readings of the Vessantara Jataka

English · Paperback / Softback

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Summary

Anthropologists, textual scholars in religious and Buddhist studies, and art historians engage in sophisticated readings of the text and its ethics of giving, understanding of attachment and nonattachment, depiction of the trickster, and unique performative qualities

Product details

Authors	Steven Collins
Assisted by	Steven Collins (Editor)
Publisher	Columbia University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	29.03.2016

EAN	9780231160391
ISBN	978-0-231-16039-1
No. of pages	232
Series	Columbia Readings of Buddhist Columbia Readings of Buddhist Literature
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings, Buddhist Sacred Texts, Buddhism: sacred texts and revered writings, Buddhist; religion; sacred writings

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