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100 1 _aJory, Patrick,
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245 1 0 _aThailand's theory of monarchy :
_bthe Vessantara Jataka and the idea of the perfect man /
_cPatrick Jory.
264 1 _aAlbany :
_bState University of New York Press,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe Vessantara Jataka as a performative text -- The Vessantara Jataka and early state formation -- A Theravada Buddhist theory of monarchy : the ruler as bodhisatta -- The colonial challenge to Buddhist monarchy -- Thai and western Buddhist scholarship in the era of imperialism -- From jatakas to Thai folktales -- Conclusion : the modern Vessantara.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 13, 2016).
520 _a"Discusses the origins and cultural history of the Theravada Buddhist ideals behind the Thai institution of monarchy. Since the 2006 coup d'etat, Thailand has been riven by two opposing political visions: one which aspires to a modern democracy and the rule of law, and another which holds to the traditional conception of a kingdom ruled by an exemplary Buddhist monarch. Thailand has one of the world's largest populations of observant Buddhists and one of its last politically active monarchies. This book examines the Theravada Buddhist foundations of Thailand's longstanding institution of monarchy. Patrick Jory states that the storehouse of monarchical ideology is to be found in the popular literary genre known as the Jatakas, tales of the Buddha's past lives. The best-known of these, the Vessantara Jataka, disseminated an ideal of an infinitely compassionate prince as a bodhisatta or future Buddha--an ideal which remains influential in Thailand today. Using primary and secondary source materials largely unknown in Western scholarship, Jory traces the history of the Vessantara Jataka and its political-cultural importance from the ancient to the modern period. Although pressures from European colonial powers and Buddhist reformers led eventually to a revised political conception of the monarchy, the older Buddhist ideal of kingship has yet endured. Patrick Jory is Senior Lecturer in Southeast Asian History at the University of Queensland and the editor of Ghosts of the Past in Southern Thailand: Essays on the History and Historiography of Patani"--Provided by publisher.
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630 0 0 _aTipiṭaka.
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650 0 _aBuddhism and state
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651 0 _aThailand
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650 7 _aBuddhism and state.
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650 7 _aMonarchy.
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651 7 _aThailand.
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aJory, Patrick.
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