Title Popular Buddhist texts from Nepal : narratives and rituals of Newar Buddhism / Todd T. Lewis ; translations in collaboration with Subarna Man Tuladhar and Labh Rama Tuladhar ; foreword by Gregory Schopen

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 236 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series in Buddhist studies SUNY series in Buddhist studies. Contents 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-230) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Buddhist literature -- Nepal -- History and criticism Buddhist literature, Sanskrit -- History and criticism Mahayana Buddhism -- Nepal RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General. Buddhist literature Buddhist literature, Sanskrit Mahayana Buddhism SUBJECT Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) -- Religious life and customs Subject Nepal -- Kathmandu Valley Nepal Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Tuladhar, Subarna Man Tuladhar, Labh Ratna ISBN 058542778X 9780585427782 0791446115 9780791446119 0791446123 9780791446126

Other Titles Narratives and rituals of Newar Buddhism

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