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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Autor principal: Bowie, Katherine Ann (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Madison, Wisconsin The University of Wisconsin Press [2017]
En:Año: 2017
Colección / Revista:New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies
Clasificaciones IxTheo:BL Budismo
Otras palabras clave:B Buddhism and politics History Thailand
B Buddhism and politics (Thailand) History
B Buddhist giving
B Electronic books History Humor
B Buddhism and politics
B Buddhist stories, Thai Humor
B Buddhism and state (Thailand) History
B Buddhist stories, Thai
B Jataka stories, Thai Political aspects Thailand
B Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Jātaka. Vessantarajātaka
B Jataka stories, Thai Political aspects
B History
B Thailand
B Jataka stories, Thai
B Buddhist stories, Thai Humor
B Humor
B Buddhism and state
B Tipiṭaka
B Buddhism and state History Thailand
B RELIGION ; Comparative Religion
B Tipiṭaka Tipiṭaka
B Jataka stories, Thai Humor
B Jataka stories, Thai Humor
B Buddhist stories, Thai Political aspects
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