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Riven by lust : incest and schism in Indian Buddhist legend and historiography / Jonathan A. Silk.

By: Publication details: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 347 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781441619655
  • 1441619658
  • 9780824864170
  • 0824864174
  • 9780824868987
  • 0824868986
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Riven by lust.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/563 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ4570.I53 S55 2009
Other classification:
  • EV 445
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Incest and Schism -- 2. The Creation of Sects in Early Buddhism -- 3. The Story of Mahadeva -- 4. The Buddhist Context of Sin -- 5. Mahadeva in Other Sources -- 6. Schism Accounts in Buddhist Doxographies -- 7. The Story of Dharmaruci -- 8. Abuse and Victimhood -- 9. Persian Perversities -- 10. The Bedtrick -- 11. Retelling Dharmaruci's Story -- 12. Dharmaruci in Other Sources -- 13. Incest in Indian Buddhist Culture -- 14. The Story of Utpalavar?a -- 15. The "Indian Oedipus" -- 16. Joseph and the Wife of Potiphar -- 17. Further Dimensions of the Oedipal In India -- 18. The Medieval European Oedipal Judas -- 19. Why Incest Taboos? -- 20. Forging Mahadeva.
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Review: "Riven by Lust explores the tale of a man accused of causing the fundamental schism in early Indian Buddhism, but not before he has sex with his mother and kills his father. In tracing this Buddhist Oedipal tale, Jonathan Silk follows it through texts in all of the major canonical languages of Buddhism, Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese, along the way noting parallels and contrasts with classical and medieval European stories such as the legend of the Oedipal Judas. Simultaneously, he investigates the psychological and anthropological understandings of the tale of mother-son incest in light of contemporary psychological and anthropological understandings of incest, with special attention to the question of why we consider it among the worst of crimes." "Riven by Lust is a paradigmatic analysis of a major theme of world mythology and a signal contribution to the study of the history of incest and comparative sexualities. It will attract readers interested in Buddhism, Indian studies, Asian studies, comparative culture, mythology, psychology, and the history of sexuality."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-333) and index.

"Riven by Lust explores the tale of a man accused of causing the fundamental schism in early Indian Buddhism, but not before he has sex with his mother and kills his father. In tracing this Buddhist Oedipal tale, Jonathan Silk follows it through texts in all of the major canonical languages of Buddhism, Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese, along the way noting parallels and contrasts with classical and medieval European stories such as the legend of the Oedipal Judas. Simultaneously, he investigates the psychological and anthropological understandings of the tale of mother-son incest in light of contemporary psychological and anthropological understandings of incest, with special attention to the question of why we consider it among the worst of crimes." "Riven by Lust is a paradigmatic analysis of a major theme of world mythology and a signal contribution to the study of the history of incest and comparative sexualities. It will attract readers interested in Buddhism, Indian studies, Asian studies, comparative culture, mythology, psychology, and the history of sexuality."--Jacket.

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1. Incest and Schism -- 2. The Creation of Sects in Early Buddhism -- 3. The Story of Mahadeva -- 4. The Buddhist Context of Sin -- 5. Mahadeva in Other Sources -- 6. Schism Accounts in Buddhist Doxographies -- 7. The Story of Dharmaruci -- 8. Abuse and Victimhood -- 9. Persian Perversities -- 10. The Bedtrick -- 11. Retelling Dharmaruci's Story -- 12. Dharmaruci in Other Sources -- 13. Incest in Indian Buddhist Culture -- 14. The Story of Utpalavar?a -- 15. The "Indian Oedipus" -- 16. Joseph and the Wife of Potiphar -- 17. Further Dimensions of the Oedipal In India -- 18. The Medieval European Oedipal Judas -- 19. Why Incest Taboos? -- 20. Forging Mahadeva.

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