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A Brief Note on Baby Siddhārtha’s First Bath |
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Pu, Cheng-zhong (著)
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International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture=국제불교문화사상사학회
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| Volume | v.31 n.1 |
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| Date | 2021.06 |
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| Pages | 257 - 276 |
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| Publisher | International Association for Buddhist Thought and Culture |
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| Publisher Url |
http://iabtc.org/
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| Location | Seoul, Korea [首爾, 韓國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies at the Centre of Buddhist Studies, University of Hong Kong |
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| Keyword | Siddhārtha; birth story; baby bath; Buddha’s biography; bathing the baby Buddha |
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| Abstract | Although different Buddhist traditions share a great deal in terms of soteriological doctrine and ethical values, they differ in other numerous respects. Among them, a typical difference is the narration of the same event or story in the Buddha’s life. This paper takes the example of the scene of baby Siddhārtha’s first bath to illustrate the extent to which a single aspect of a shared story of the Buddha’s birth could vary between many Buddhist traditions. By demonstrating how various textual and artistic traditions of Buddhism differ in the source of the water that was used to wash the newly born Siddhārtha and in the people who did the washing, this article attests a generally known concept, that the acceptance of Buddhism and the translation of its scriptures in a new environment is heavily determined by the local culture.
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| Table of contents | Abstract 258
Introduction 259
Bathed with Mixed Water 260
Bathed with Water Miraculously Poured from the Sky 261
Bathed with Rain Water 264
Bathed with the Water Poured by Elephants 265
Bathed with Water Produced by Dragons 266
Concluding Reflections 269
Notes 271
Abbreviations 272
References 272
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| ISSN | 15987914 (P) |
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| DOI | 10.16893/IJBTC.2021.06.30.1.257 |
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| Created date | 2022.02.20 |
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| Modified date | 2022.02.20 |
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