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Of beggars and Buddhas : the politics of humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand / Katherine A. Bowie.

The 547 Buddhist jatakas, or verse parables, recount the Buddha's lives in previous incarnations. In his penultimate and most famous incarnation, he appears as the Prince Vessantara, perfecting the virtue of generosity by giving away all his possessions, his wife, and his children to the beggar...

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Main Author: Bowie, Katherine Ann, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2017]
Series:New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.
Subjects:
Tipiṭaka. > Suttapiṭaka. > Khuddakanikāya. > Jātaka. > Vessantarajātaka.
Tipiṭaka. > Suttapiṭaka. > Khuddakanikāya. > Jātaka. > Vessantarajātaka
Buddhist giving.
Buddhism and state > Thailand > History.
Buddhism and politics > Thailand > History.
Buddhist stories, Thai > Humor.
Jataka stories, Thai > Humor.
Buddhist stories, Thai > Political aspects.
Jataka stories, Thai > Political aspects.
Buddhism and politics
Buddhism and state
Buddhist giving
Buddhist stories, Thai
Jataka stories, Thai
Thailand
History
Humor

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