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Predecessors and Prototypes: Towards a Conceptual History of the Buddhist Antarabhava |
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作者 |
Cuevas, Bryan Jare
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出處題名 |
Numen: International Review for the History of Religions
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卷期 | v.43 n.3 |
出版日期 | 1996.09 |
頁次 | 263 - 302 |
出版者 | Brill |
出版者網址 |
http://www.brill.com/
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出版地 | Leiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭] |
資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
使用語言 | 英文=English |
附註項 | 330
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關鍵詞 | 中陰身=中有=intervalic Existence=Antara-Bhava=Bardo; 存有=bhava; 佛教人物=Buddhist; 度母=Tara |
摘要 | 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) |
點閱次數 | 620 |
建檔日期 | 1998.04.28
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更新日期 | 2019.11.25 |


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