The Buddha in the ‘Wild West’: The Localization of Jatakas in Gandhara and the Ramayana
The starting point of this article is the observation that three Jataka narratives, the Visvantara-jataka, the Syama-jataka and the Ekasrnga-/Rsyasrnga-jataka, localized in the ancient northwest Indian region of Gandhara by the Chinese Buddhist travellers Faxian, Song Yun and Xuanzang, have parallel...
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| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2022
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2022, Volume: 16, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 220-248 |
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Gandhāra
B Song Yun B Rāmāyaṇa B Xuanzang B localization of narratives B Jātaka B Faxian |
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