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1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Note on Reprints; Note on Translations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Mapping out Mara; Who is Mara?; Defining Our Demon-God; Approaching Mara; Summary of the Book; Chapter 2 Machinations of Māra: The Myriad Menaces of the Evil One; Introduction; The Categories of Mara's Representations in Pali Literature; The Maravijaya: The Sources and Traditions of Mara's Battle with Gautama at Bodh-Gaya; Is Mara Truly the "Evil One?": Mara and the Indian Concept of Evil; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Māra the Demon: Asura Ancestry; Introduction |
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Mara in a (Minor) Demonic KeyMara in the Style of V.tra; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Māra the God: Brahmanical Background; Introduction; Mara and Brahma: Delusions of Eternity; Mara and Indra: Tyrants for the Social Order; Mara and Kamadeva: The Mortification of Desire; Mara and Yama: Dialogues with Death; Conclusions; Chapter 5 Māra's Metamorphosis: The Rise of the Mahāyāna and Its Impact on the Evil One; Introduction; A Threat around Every Corner: Mara in the Perfection of Wisdom Literature; Old God, New Tricks: Mara and the Vimalakirti Sutra |
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The Blurring of Both Worlds: Mara and the Sura.gamasamadhi SutraMara Mix and Match: The Nirva.a Sutra; Conclusions; Chapter 6 Māra Multiplied: The Evil One Across Asia; Introduction; Matching Meanings: Mara in China; Anger is an Energy: Mara in Tibet; Rule Global, Tempt Local: Mara in Southeast Asia; Demons and Demonizing: Mara in Japan; Conclusions; Chapter 7 Go West, Evil God: Modernized Māra; Introduction: Buddhist Studies and Buddhism in the West; The Wave of the Future is the Past: Thoroughly Modernized Mara; A Turn of the Screwtape: Using Mara to Critique Western Culture |
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Big Demon, Small Screen: Mara on Doctor WhoConclusions; Chapter 8 And then Māra Disappeared: Concluding Thoughts; Introduction: The Categories of Mara; Didactic; Demonizing; Shape-shifting; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. |
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Buddhist art and symbolism.
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Buddhist art and symbolism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nichols, Michael D., 1977- Malleable Mara. Albany : State University of New York, 2019 9781438473215 (DLC) 2018017081 (OCoLC)1050455280 |
| ISBN |
9781438473239 (electronic book) |
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1438473230 (electronic book) |
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9781438473215 |
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1438473214 |
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