ISBN:
9780195365351
,
0195365356
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 198 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Lustful maidens and ascetic kings
DDC:
398.20954
Keywords:
Tales India
;
Tales History and criticism
;
India
;
India
;
Tales
;
Tales History and criticism
;
Tales
;
Tales History and criticism
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology
;
Tales
;
Indische godsdiensten
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
India
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc
Abstract:
Includes stories about family and social roles and lay and monastic values
Description / Table of Contents:
Ascetic. The monkey-faced suitorThe destruction of love -- Buddha finds a middle path -- The man who wouldn't be king.
Description / Table of Contents:
Asceticism. A boon of immortalityArjuna's penance -- Asceticism now, nymphs later! -- The ascetic who visited home.
Description / Table of Contents:
Children. A goddess is bornA journey into hell -- How a king learned to care for parents -- The only-child who left home.
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Courage. The warrior's deathThe goddess who drank blood -- The goat who laughed and cried -- King Goodness refuses to fight.
Description / Table of Contents:
Compassion. The dove and the mouseThe ascetic and the deer -- Tend the sick -- The dying Buddha's compassion.
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Detachment. The boy who laughed at deathThe well of life -- The man who didn't notice women -- The destruction of the world.
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Generosity. The gift of crowsA mistaken gift -- The king who gave away his kingdom -- The Buddhist Job -- A mansion in heaven.
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King. The serpent with one hundred headsThe wise old crow -- A king and a dove -- As the king, so the kingdom -- A deer king offers his life -- The day the sun did not rise.
Description / Table of Contents:
Man. The Brahman in the graveyardGood King Nala's downfall -- The wisdom of a child.
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Purity. A test of fireThe suitable husband -- How a youth lost his virtue -- The Brahman and the sacred river.
Description / Table of Contents:
Self-sacrifice. Death's substituteA handful of rice -- The hare in the moon -- The eye transplant.
Description / Table of Contents:
Self-control. The foolish jackalThe standing ascetic -- The mute prince -- The servant who tested her mistress.
Description / Table of Contents:
Truthfulness. An act of truthThe power of a lie -- The eye restored -- The woman who cursed herself -- Pride goeth before a fall.
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Teacher/priest. The Brahman and the demonsThe curse of a Brahman -- Buddha sets the wheel in motion -- A teacher's tricky test -- How the clever father saved his sons.
Description / Table of Contents:
Woman. The carpenter's wifeSavatri and the god of death -- The radiant Sambula -- The queen who cried rape -- The prostitute who lost her charm.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-198). - Description based on print version record
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