Violence, Virtue and Spiritual Liberation: A Preliminary Survey of Buddhist and Jaina Stories of Future Rebirths of Srenika Bimbisara and Kunika Ajatasatru

The Magadhan king Srenika Bimbisara and his son Kunika Ajatasatru are widely featured in both Buddhist and Jaina literature. Previous studies have generally focused on the parallels between Buddhist and Jaina depictions of these two figures. Rather less attention has been devoted to exploring how or...

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Main Author: Wu, Juan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2014
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2014, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 149-179
Further subjects:B Rebirth
B Bimbisāra / Śreṇika
B Soteriology
B Kūṇika / Ajātaśatru
B Karma
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