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Bodhisattvas of the forest and the formation of the Mahāyāna [electronic resource] : a study and translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥cchā-sūtra / Daniel Boucher.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Sanskrit Series: Studies in the Buddhist traditionsPublication details: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2008.Description: xxiii, 287 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781441619600 (electronic bk.)
  • 1441619607 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 294.3/85 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ1777 .B68 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Asceticism and the glorification of the Buddha's body: the Indian text of Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥cchā-sūtra -- The physiognomy of virtue -- Former life narratives and the Bodhisattva career -- Wilderness dwelling and the ascetic disciplines -- "Profit and honor": a critique of sedentary monasticism -- Indian Buddhism through a Chinese lens: Dharmarakṣaʹs translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥ccha-sūtra -- The role of translation in reconstructing the early Mahāyāna -- Mistranslation and missed translation -- An annotated translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥ccha-sūtra.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-282) and index.

Asceticism and the glorification of the Buddha's body: the Indian text of Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥cchā-sūtra -- The physiognomy of virtue -- Former life narratives and the Bodhisattva career -- Wilderness dwelling and the ascetic disciplines -- "Profit and honor": a critique of sedentary monasticism -- Indian Buddhism through a Chinese lens: Dharmarakṣaʹs translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥ccha-sūtra -- The role of translation in reconstructing the early Mahāyāna -- Mistranslation and missed translation -- An annotated translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥ccha-sūtra.

Translated from the Sanskrit.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

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