Of beggars and Buddhas: the politics of humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand
The 547 Buddhist jatakas, or verse parables, recount the Buddha's lives in previous incarnations. In his penultimate and most famous incarnation, he appears as the Prince Vessantara, perfecting the virtue of generosity by giving away all his possessions, his wife, and his children to the beggar...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Madison, Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin Press
[2017]
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| En: | Año: 2017 |
| Colección / Revista: | New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies
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| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Thailand
/ Literatura budista
/ Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Jātaka. Vessantarajātaka
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | BL Budismo |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Buddhism and politics (Thailand)
History
B Buddhist giving B Buddhism and politics History Thailand B Tipiṭaka B Buddhism and state History Thailand B Buddhism and state (Thailand) History B Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Jātaka. Vessantarajātaka B Jataka stories, Thai Political aspects B Buddhist stories, Thai Political aspects B Jataka stories, Thai Humor B Buddhist stories, Thai Humor |