Popular Buddhist texts from Nepal : narratives and rituals of Newar Buddhism / Todd T. Lewis ; translations in collaboration with Subarna Man Tuladhar and Labh Rama Tuladhar ; foreword by Gregory Schopen.

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Lewis, Todd, 1952-

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Newari Series: SUNY series in Buddhist studiesPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 236 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

058542778X
9780585427782
0791446115
9780791446119
0791446123
9780791446126

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Narratives and rituals of Newar Buddhism [Cover title]

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Popular Buddhist texts from Nepal.DDC classification:

294.3/85 21

LOC classification:

BQ1029.N35 L49 2000eb

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Contents:

Foreword / Gregory Schopen -- Introduction: Buddhism as a Pragmatic Religious Tradition -- Popular Narratives and their "Domestication" in Buddhist Communities -- The Development of Buddhist Ritualism -- The Ritual Innovations of Mahayana Buddhism -- Nepal and Newar Buddhism -- The Context and Paradoxes of Modernity -- Stupas and Spouses: The Shrngabheri Avadana -- Merchants, Demonesses, and Missionary Faith: The Simhalasarthabahu Avadana -- Devotions to a Celestial Bodhisattva: The Tara Vrata -- Invoking the Powers of the Buddhist "Dark Lord": The Caturdashi Vrata of Mahakala -- The Refuge of Recitation: The Pancaraksa.

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