The birth of the Buddha : proceedings of the seminar held in Lumbini, Nepal, October 2004 / edited by Christoph Cueppers, Max Deeg and Hubert Durt.

Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Pali
  • Tibetan
Published/​Created
Lumbini : Lumbini International Research Institute, 2010.
Description
462 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm.

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    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Language note
    Includes passages in Pali and Tibetan
    Script
    (in roman).
    Contents
    • Machine generated contents note: Buddha's Birth and Reassessment of the Archaeological Evidence / Giovanni Verardi
    • Prior to Birth The Tusita episodes in Indian Buddhist literature and art / Christian Luczanits
    • Why is the Buddha Riding on an Elephant? The Bodhisattva's Conception and the Change of Motive / Max Deeg
    • On Some Late Records About the Buddha's Birth and Genealogy / Michael Hahn
    • The Deva with the Swaddling Cloth
    • On the Western Origins of Gandharan Birth Iconography and Their Implications for the Textual and Art History of the Buddhist Saviour's Nativity / Martina Stoye
    • The Lady under the tree A visual pattern from Maya to the Tara and Avalokitesvara / Claudine Bautze-Picron
    • Visionary Consecration: A Meditative Reenactment of the Buddha's Birth / Nobuyoshi Yamabe
    • The Birth of the Buddha in the Chinese Anthologies of the Early Sixth Century / Hubert Durt
    • Note continued: The Birth of the Buddha and Related Episodes as Represented in Chinese Art / Nicoletta Celli
    • The Birth of the Buddha in Korean Buddhism: Infant Buddha Images and the Ritual Bathing / Juhyung Rhi
    • Lumbini: liturgy and devotion / Peter Skilling
    • The Narrative of the Birth of the Buddha as Told by Bskal-bzang Chos-kyi Rgya-mtsho (15th Century) / Franz-Karl Erhard.
    ISBN
    • 9937553032 ((pbk.))
    • 9789937553032 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2011323840
    OCLC
    728526716
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