Popular Buddhist texts from Nepal : narratives and rituals of Newar Buddhism

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"This book demonstrates how popular ritual texts and story narratives have shaped the religious life and culture of the only surviving South Asian Mahayana Buddhist society, the Newars of Kathmandu. It begins with an account of the Newar Buddhist community's history and its place within the religious environment of Nepal and proceeds to build around five popular translations, several of which were known across Asia: the Srngabheri Avadana, the Simhalasarthabahu Avadana, the Tara, the Mahakala Vratas, and the Pancaraksa. Lewis documents how the respective texts have been domesticated in Nepal's art and architecture, healing traditions, and rituals."--Jacket.

Foreword / Gregory Schopen --
Introduction: Buddhism as a Pragmatic Religious Tradition --
Popular Narratives and their "Domestication" in Buddhist Communities --
The Development of Buddhist Ritualism --
The Ritual Innovations of Mahayana Buddhism --
Nepal and Newar Buddhism --
The Context and Paradoxes of Modernity --
Stupas and Spouses: The Shrngabheri Avadana --
Merchants, Demonesses, and Missionary Faith: The Simhalasarthabahu Avadana --
Devotions to a Celestial Bodhisattva: The Tara Vrata --
Invoking the Powers of the Buddhist "Dark Lord": The Caturdashi Vrata of Mahakala --
The Refuge of Recitation: The Pancaraksa.

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0007185

BQ 1029 .N352 M36 2000

Research Library (อาคาร 1 ชั้น 4)

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SUNY series in Buddhist studies.

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BQ 1029 .N352 M36 2000

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: Albany : State University of New York Press., 2000

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English

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9780791446119

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Buddhist literature, Sanskrit -- History and criticism.
Buddhist literature -- Nepal -- History and criticism.
Mahayana Buddhism -- Nepal.

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