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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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Bowie, Katherine Ann
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| Format: | Electronic
Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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| Published: |
Madison, Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin Press
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
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| Series/Journal: | New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | BL Buddhism
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| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism and politics
History
Thailand
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Buddhism and politics (Thailand)
History
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Buddhist giving
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Electronic books
History
Humor
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Buddhism and politics
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Buddhist stories, Thai Humor
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Buddhism and state (Thailand)
History
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Buddhist stories, Thai
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Jataka stories, Thai
Political aspects
Thailand
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Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Jātaka. Vessantarajātaka
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Jataka stories, Thai
Political aspects
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History
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Thailand
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Jataka stories, Thai
B
Buddhist stories, Thai
Humor
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Humor
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Buddhism and state
B
Tipiṭaka
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Buddhism and state
History
Thailand
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RELIGION ; Comparative Religion
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Tipiṭaka
Tipiṭaka
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Jataka stories, Thai Humor
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Jataka stories, Thai
Humor
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Buddhist stories, Thai
Political aspects
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| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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