Imagining Rāhula in Medieval Japan: The Raun kōshiki

This article examines the Raun kōshiki, a liturgical text composed by the priest Yuishin, a scholar of both the Hossō and Ritsu (Vinaya) traditions who studied under Nara priests interested in the revival of the precepts. The Raun kōshiki, which is focused on Śākyamuni's son, Rāhula, captures b...

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Main Author: Meeks, Lori Rachelle 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute 2016
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 131-151
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Rāhula ca. 6. Jh. v. Chr. / Saints / Japan / Kōshiki / Risshū (Buddhism) / Hagiography
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
KCD Hagiography; saints
TE Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Pregnancy
B Veneration
B Narratives
B Monks
B Religious Studies
B Priests
B Sons
B Birth
B Bodhisattva
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