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Predecessors and Prototypes: Towards a Conceptual History of the Buddhist Antarabhava |
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Cuevas, Bryan Jare
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Numen: International Review for the History of Religions
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| Volume | v.43 n.3 |
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| Date | 1996.09 |
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| Pages | 263 - 302 |
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| Publisher | Brill |
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http://www.brill.com/
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| Location | Leiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭] |
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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 | 330
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| Keyword | 中陰身=中有=intervalic Existence=Antara-Bhava=Bardo; 存有=bhava; 佛教人物=Buddhist; 度母=Tara |
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| Abstract | The Buddhist Sanskrit term antardbhava refers quite literally to existence (bhava)
in an interval (antard) and designates the temporal space between death and subse-
quent rebirth. It is apparent that, among the early schools of Buddhism in India, the
status of this intermediate existence inspired considerable controversy. However, in
spite of its controversial beginnings, the concept of the antaradbhava continued to
flourish and to exert a significant force upon the theories and practices of the later
Northern Buddhist traditions. Questions concerning the conceptual origins of this
notion and its theoretical connections with earlier Indian systems of thought have
received little scholarly attention, despite a growing popularity of literature on the
subject of death in Buddhist traditions. In this essay the possible links between
the early conceptual systems of Hinduism (the Vedic and Upanisadic traditions) and
Buddhism are examined to determine whether certain theoretical developments in
Hinduism may have contributed to the emergence of the Buddhist notion of a post-
mortem intermediate period. The conclusion is drawn that the early Buddhists, in
formulating a concept of the antaracbhava, borrowed and reinterpreted elements from
Hindu cosmography and mythology surrounding the issue of postmortem transition.
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| ISSN | 00295973 (P); 15685276 (E) |
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| Hits | 523 |
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| Created date | 1998.04.28
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| Modified date | 2019.11.25 |
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