Steven Collins 
Readings of the Vessantara Jātaka [EPUB ebook] 

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The Vessantara Jataka tells the story of Prince Vessantara, who attained the Perfection of Generosity by giving away his fortune, his children, and his wife. Vessantara was the penultimate rebirth as a human of the future Gotama Buddha, and his extreme charity has been represented and reinterpreted in texts, sermons, rituals, and art throughout South and Southeast Asia and beyond. This anthology features well-respected anthropologists, textual scholars in religious and Buddhist st...

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Preface
Introduction, Dramatis Personae, and Chapters in the Vessantara Jātaka, by Steven Collins
1. Readers in the Maze: Modern Debates About the Vessantara St...

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Steven Collins is Chester D. Tripp Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago, where he teaches in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizati...

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Língua Inglês ● Formato EPUB ● ISBN 9780231541008 ● Tamanho do arquivo 19.2 MB ● Editor Steven Collins ● Editora Columbia University Press ● Cidade New York ● País US ● Publicado 2016 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 4845060 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM
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