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Illuminating the Life of the Buddha: An Illustrated Chanting Book from Eighteenth-Century Siam |
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Appleton, Naomi (著)
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Shaw, Sarah (著)
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Unebe, Toshiya (著)
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| Date | 2013.08.15 |
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| Pages | 160 |
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| Publisher | Bodleian Library Publishing |
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| Publisher Url |
https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/work-with-us/bodleian-library-publishing
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| Location | Oxford, London, UK [牛津, 倫敦, 英國] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Abstract | Illuminating the Life of the Buddha investigates an outstanding eighteenth-century samut khoi, a type of beautifully illustrated, folded book found in Southeast Asia and popular as a repository for the Buddha’s teachings. Written in Pali and produced in Siam, the samut khoi features finely executed paintings on khoi paper portraying key stories from the Buddha’s past lives. These stories, known as the Jatakas, were the principal means by which Buddhist teachings were communicated and were thus a favored theme for samut khoi. However, this samut khoi stands out for its extensive series of paintings from the last life of the Buddha, including his final awakening and teaching, which are distinctive to the region.
Affording readers immense insight into a spectacular eighteenth-century manuscript, and Thai Buddhist manuscripts and temple culture as a whole, this book will be of great interest to art historians and scholars of Buddhism and Southeast Asia. |
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| Table of contents | List of Illustrations
Illustrated folios of the manuscript
Map of the manuscript
Preface
1 Introduction – Sarah Shaw
2 The past lives of the Buddha – Naomi Appleton
Siricudama'i-Jataka
Temiya-Jataka
Janaka-Jataka
Suva'asama-Jataka
Nemi-Jataka
Mahosadha-Jataka
Bhuridatta-Jataka
Candakumara-Jataka
Narada-Jataka
Vidhura-Jataka
Vessantara-Jataka
3 The final life of the Buddha – Toshiya Unebe
The birth of the Bodhisatta
The four signs
Leaving his family
The great departure
Cutting off the hair
The lesson of the three strings
The offering of milk-rice
The victory over Mara
The first sermon
The return to Kapilavatthu
The offering from elephant and monkey
Taming the elephant
The offering of a mango
The miracles at Savatthi
Teaching his mother in Tavati?sa Heaven
The descent from Tavati?sa Heaven
The cremation
The division of the relics
4 The lifestory of a manuscript – Sarah Shaw
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary of key terms and figures
Index |
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| ISBN | 9781851242832 (hc); 185124283X (hc) |
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| Related reviews | - Book Review: Illuminating the Life of the Buddha: An Illustrated Chanting Book from Eighteenth-Century Siam by Naomi Appleton, Sarah Shaw, and Toshiya Unebe / Morgan, Peggy (評論)
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| Created date | 2023.06.21 |
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| Modified date | 2023.06.21 |
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