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Beschreibung

This selection of religious biographies from the early centuries C.E. offers a delightful introduction to a literary genre that has played an essential part in Buddhist self-understanding for over two thousand years.
The Heavenly Exploits are Buddhist Biographies from the Dívyavadána. The worldly face of religious literature, these lively morality tales have inspired audiences across Asia for more than two millennia. This volume contains four of the thirty-eight Buddhist biographical stories in the Dívyávadana, or Heavenly Exploits. Where religion meets the world, these tales present something for everyone.

Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation

For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit [...]

This selection of religious biographies from the early centuries C.E. offers a delightful introduction to a literary genre that has played an essential part in Buddhist self-understanding for over two thousand years.
The Heavenly Exploits are Buddhist Biographies from the Dívyavadána. The worldly face of religious literature, these lively morality tales have inspired audiences across Asia for more than two millennia. This volume contains four of the thirty-eight Buddhist biographical stories in the Dívyávadana, or Heavenly Exploits. Where religion meets the world, these tales present something for everyone.

Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation

For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit [...]

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Religion: Nichtchristliche Religionen
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780814782880
ISBN-10: 0814782884
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Joel Tatelman
Redaktion: Tatelman, Joel
Übersetzung: Tatelman, Joel
Hersteller: New York University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 172 x 117 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Joel Tatelman
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2023
Gewicht: 0,295 kg
Artikel-ID: 133148312