Readings of the Vessantara Jataka

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Steven Collins
• Con la collaborazione di: Steven Collins (Editore)
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.03.2016
• EAN: 9780231160391
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16039-1
• Pagine: 232
• Serie: Columbia Readings of Buddhist; Columbia Readings of Buddhist Literature
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings, Buddhist Sacred Texts, Buddhism: sacred texts and revered writings, Buddhist; religion; sacred writings