The Demon Seer: Rāhula and the Inverted Mythology of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism

This article will examine how Tibetan Buddhists adapted, and structurally inverted, classical Indian mythological and cosmological paradigms, using the iconography and mythology of the protector deity (Skt. Dharmapāla, Tib. Chos skyong) Rāhula as a case study. I will argue Rāhula is an amalgam figur...

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Main Author: Bailey, Cameron (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters Publishers 2015
In: Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 38, Pages: 33-72
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