Beware the Crocodile: Female and Male Nature in Asvaghosa's Saundarananda
In chapter eight of his Saundarananda, Asvaghosa launches into one of the fiercest attacks on women that can be found in early Buddhist literature. He evokes animal imagery and symbolism to demonstrate a manipulative and (sexually) aggressive nature for women, which he juxtaposes with a comparably w...
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| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2013
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2013, Volume: 7, Issue: 1/3, Pages: 60-74 |
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Saundarananda
B Buddhism B Aśvaghoṣa B Gender B Buddhacarita |
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