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The Story of the Horse-King and the Merchant Siá1 ƒhala, in Buddhist Texts |
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Appleton, Naomi
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Buddhist Studies Review
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| Volume | v.23 n.2 |
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| Date | 2006 |
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| Pages | 187 - 201 |
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| Publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd. |
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https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/
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| Location | Sheffield, UK [謝菲爾德, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | 佛教人物=Buddhist; 菩薩=Bodhisattva |
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| Abstract | The A?varāja story relates the adventures of a caravan of merchants shipwrecked on an island of demonesses and rescued by a fl ying horse, the a?varāja, ‘king of horses’. The Siṃhala story continues this narrative to include the chief merchant,Siṃhala, being followed home by a demoness, who tries to get him back before seducing and eating the king. Siṃhala is crowned king and invades the island. Each story
has many versions, both Mahāyāna and non-Mahāyāna. This paper examines five key versions: birth story with ‘ocean of saṃsāra’ metaphor; political and quasi-historical narrative of the invasion of Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese; warning that ‘all women are demonesses’; glorifi cation of the bodhisattva Avalokite?vara; and Newar warning of the dangers of travelling to Tibet. Each version reveals some of the issues that its
community is preoccupied with. |
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| ISSN | 02652897 (P); 17479681 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1558/bsrv.2006.23.2.187 |
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| Hits | 343 |
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| Created date | 2007.11.13 |
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| Modified date | 2017.06.23 |
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