Boucher, Daniel.

Bodhisattvas of the forest and the formation of the Mahāyāna a study and translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥cchā-sūtra / [electronic resource] : Daniel Boucher. - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2008. - xxiii, 287 p. ; 24 cm. - Studies in the Buddhist traditions . - Studies in the Buddhist traditions. .

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.


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


Translated from the Sanskrit.

9781441619600 (electronic bk.) 1441619607 (electronic bk.)


Tripiṭaka.--Sūtrapiṭaka.--Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥cchā--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Mahayana Buddhism--History.--India


Electronic books.

BQ1777 / .B68 2008eb

294.3/85