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Secular Buddhist Lineages: The Śākyas and Their Royal Descendants in Local Buddhist Legitimation Strategies
Author Deeg, Max
Source Religions of South Asia
Volumev.5 n.1/2
Date2011
Pages189 - 207
PublisherEquinox Publishing Ltd.
Publisher Url https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/
LocationSheffield, UK [謝菲爾德, 英國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
KeywordBuddhism; genealogy; legitimation strategies; Śākyas
AbstractAlthough the Buddhists, according to the logic of the life-story of the Buddha, could not claim a direct lineage of descent from the Exalted One himself—his only direct offspring, Rāhula, having become a celibate monk—the family background of the Buddha could not escape the general temptation to create a family connection, as in the case of other important religious or cultural founding figures. This paper traces and discusses these attempts, expressed in and transformed into narratives, which are spread across a broad variety of Buddhist sources. It argues that the urge to create such (mostly incomplete) lineages resulted from another necessity: that of political and religious legitimation.
Table of contentsIntroduction 189
The Escaped śāKyas 191
The śāKyas of Himatala and Kashmir 193
The śāKyas of Udyāna 194
The śāKyas of Nepal 197
The Expelled Warrior-śāKya 198
A Monastic Descendant of the śāKyas? 201
The IkṣvāKu Lineage 202
The śāKyan Origin of the Mauryas 202
śāKyan In-Laws: the SiṃHalese Tradition 203
Archaeological Evidence: the PiprāHwā Inscription 204
Conclusion 205
References 206
ISSN17512689 (P); 17512697 (E)
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Created date2017.01.05
Modified date2020.05.05



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