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The Story of the Horse-King and the Merchant Siá1 ƒhala, in Buddhist Texts |
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Author |
Appleton, Naomi
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Source |
Buddhist Studies Review
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Volume | v.23 n.2 |
Date | 2006 |
Pages | 187 - 201 |
Publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd. |
Publisher Url |
https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/
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Location | Sheffield, UK [謝菲爾德, 英國] |
Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
Language | 英文=English |
Keyword | 佛教人物=Buddhist; 菩薩=Bodhisattva |
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. |
ISSN | 02652897 (P); 17479681 (E) |
DOI | 10.1558/bsrv.2006.23.2.187 |
Hits | 344 |
Created date | 2007.11.13 |
Modified date | 2017.06.23 |
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