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The Buddha's Biography: Its Development in the Pagan Murals vs. the Later Vernacular Literature, in the Theravādin Buddhist Context of Southeast Asia |
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Poolsuwan, Samerchai
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
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| Volume | v.27 n.2 |
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| Date | 2017.04 |
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| Pages | 255 - 294 |
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| Publisher | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |
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http://royalasiaticsociety.org/?q=journal
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| Location | London, UK [倫敦, 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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| Abstract | An investigation is provided on the narration of the Buddha's biography in Burmese murals of the Pagan Period (eleventh to thirteenth century ce). It detects a development of the complete account on the subject in the oldest murals of the period at the Patho-hta-mya Temple, which probably predate the earliest known literary counterpart in Pāli, the Jinālaṅkāra, which was most likely composed in Sri-Lanka during the mid-twelfth century ce. The comparison is provided between the biographical account of the Buddha illustrated in Pagan murals and those found in the two main groups of much later vernacular texts compiled in Southeast Asia, namely: Malālamkāravatthu-Tathāgataudanadīpanī particularly prevailing in Burma and representing the later Burmese tradition on narrating the Buddha's biography; and, Pathamasambodhi gaining its popularity over several other parts of Southeast Asia (i.e., Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Southwestern China and eastern part of the Shan State). The Pagan narrative on the Buddha's life is shown to be far more associated with the Malālamkāravatthu-Tathāgataudanadīpanī than with the Pathamasambodhi, suggesting the first group of texts to be a later product of the longstanding Buddhist tradition existing in Burma at least since the Pagan Period, and the latter of a separate development. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 255
I. Introduction 255
II. Biography of Gotama Buddha in Pagan murals 258
Early Pagan murals 258
‘Eight Great Miracles’ and ‘Seven Stations’ for a retreat of the Buddha 266
Other Late Pagan murals 274
III. Buddha’s biography: later vernacular literature vs. older art forms 283
Acknowledgements 293
References 293
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| ISSN | 13561863 (P); 14740591 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1017/S1356186316000602 |
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| Hits | 72 |
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| Created date | 2017.06.13 |
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| Modified date | 2019.10.14 |
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