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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lewis, Todd, 1952-
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 236 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series in Buddhist studies SUNY series in Buddhist studies.
Subject:	Buddhist literature -- Nepal -- History and criticism. Buddhist literature, Sanskrit -- History and criticism. Mahayana Buddhism -- Nepal. Buddhist literature. Buddhist literature, Sanskrit. Mahayana Buddhism. Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) -- Religious life and customs. Nepal -- Kathmandu Valley. Nepal. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11116807

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Varying Form of Title:	Narratives and rituals of Newar Buddhism
Other authors / contributors:	Tuladhar, Subarna Man. Tuladhar, Labh Ratna.
ISBN:	058542778X 9780585427782 0791446115 9780791446119 0791446123 9780791446126
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-230) and index. English. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Lewis, Todd Thornton, 1952- Popular Buddhist texts from Nepal. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000 0791446115

Table of 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.

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