The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha / 1. The Birth Story of Temiya, or of the Dumb Cripple
Chapter: The Birth Story of Temiya, or of the Dumb CrippleThis is the first complete English translation in over a century of the ten great j taka tales covering the Bodhisatta's final adventures in the human realm before his ultimate life and enlightenment as the Buddha. Introductory comments...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Chiang Mai, Thailand
Silkworm Books
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations |
| Further subjects: | B
Gautama Buddha
Birth
B Birth of a person B Gautama Buddha B Electronic books B RELIGION ; Comparative Religion B Gautama Buddha Birth Gautama Buddha |
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| Summary: | Chapter: The Birth Story of Temiya, or of the Dumb CrippleThis is the first complete English translation in over a century of the ten great j taka tales covering the Bodhisatta's final adventures in the human realm before his ultimate life and enlightenment as the Buddha. Introductory comments to each story provide background and analysis. A general introduction explores themes and the stories' role in Buddhist art and practice. Color images show the stories' centrality in the Buddhist visual landscape of Southeast Asia. These definitive new translations reestablish the stories as ancient liter |
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| Item Description: | "This is an excerpt from The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha: The Mahānipāta of the Jātakatthavaṇṇanā (ISBN: 979-616-215-112-5), translated by Naomi Appleton and Sarah Shaw, first published in 2015." -- PDF image of title page verso. - Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 9, 2017) |
| Physical Description: | Online Ressource |
| ISBN: | 978-616-215-130-9 616-215-130-1 |
