Imagination and Narrative : Lexical and Culture Translatin in Buddhist Asia

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Title

Imagination and Narrative : Lexical and Culture Translatin in Buddhist Asia

Author

Skilling, Peter

Edition

1st ed.

Published

Chiang Mai : Silkworm Books, 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9786162151354

Notes

Introduction Found in Translation : Creating Communities through Buddhist Art and Narrative -- Buddhist Vocabulary and Doctrines in Medieval Shinto Texts : The Foutreenth Chapter of the Reikiki -- The Notion of Force Majeure (Bhaya) in Siamese and Khmer Legal Codes -- Xuanzang and the Schools of Dhyana (Zen) in Japan -- Mapping Burma and Northern Thailand in 1795 : Francis Hamilton's Critical Accounts of Native Maps -- Romance and Ridle : Buddhist Narratives of Siam -- Representing the Opposition : Brahmanas and Others in the Jatakas -- Narratives of the Four Assemblies in the Wat Phra Chetuphon Inscriptions -- Early Buddhism in Laos : Insights from Archaeology -- Facts and Figures about the Buddhist Historiography of Lanna, Its Material Culture, and Its Production

Subjects

• Buddhism and culture -- History -- Asia
• Buddhist literature -- History and criticism -- Asia
• Buddhism -- History -- Asia