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The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha: The Mahanipata of the Jatakatthavanonoana
Naomi Appleton
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Description for The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha: The Mahanipata of the Jatakatthavanonoana
Paperback. Translator(s): Appleton, Naomi; Shaw, Sarah. Num Pages: 698 pages, 2 vols., 163 color illus. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; HBJF; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1258.
This is the first complete English translation in over a century of the ten great jataka tales covering the Bodhisatta's final adventures in the human realm before his ultimate life and enlightenment as the Buddha. Introductory comments to each story provide background and analysis. A general introduction explores themes and the stories' role in Buddhist art and practice. Color images show the stories' centrality in the Buddhist visual landscape of Southeast Asia.These definitive new translations reestablish the stories as ancient literary treasures of South Asia. Readers will be delighted by their magic and intrigue, philosophical insight, and deep roots in ... Read more
This is the first complete English translation in over a century of the ten great jataka tales covering the Bodhisatta's final adventures in the human realm before his ultimate life and enlightenment as the Buddha. Introductory comments to each story provide background and analysis. A general introduction explores themes and the stories' role in Buddhist art and practice. Color images show the stories' centrality in the Buddhist visual landscape of Southeast Asia.These definitive new translations reestablish the stories as ancient literary treasures of South Asia. Readers will be delighted by their magic and intrigue, philosophical insight, and deep roots in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1257g
Number of Pages
698
Place of Publication
Chiang Mai, Thailand
ISBN
9786162151132
SKU
V9786162151132
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Ref
99-24
About Naomi Appleton
Naomi Appleton is a chancellor's fellow in religious studies at the University of Edinburgh. Sarah Shaw is a member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford and an honourary fellow of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies.
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