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Author Young, Serinity, author.

Title Courtesans and tantric consorts : sexualities in Buddhist narrative, iconography and ritual / Serinity Young.

Publication Info. New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 256 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.
Contents pt. 1. Life of the Buddha -- pt. 2. Parents and procreation -- pt. 3. Sexualities.
pt. I. Life of the Buddha -- Ch. 1. Rejection and Reconciliation -- pt. II. Parents and Procreation -- Ch. 2. Mothers and Sons -- Ch. 3. Medical Excursus -- Ch. 4. Fathers and Heirs -- pt. III. Sexualities -- Ch. 5. Wives and Husbands -- Ch. 6. South Asian Courtesans -- Ch. 7. Courtesans in Buddhist Literature -- Ch. 8. Tantric Consorts: Introduction -- Ch. 9. Tantric Consorts: Tibet -- Ch. 10. Traffic in Women -- Ch. 11. Women, Men, and Impurity -- Ch. 12. Sex Change -- Ch. 13. Other Lands/Other Realities.
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Subject Gautama Buddha.
Gautama Buddha.
Gautama Buddha -- Relations with women.
Relations with women.
Women in the Tripiáš­aka.
Women in the Tripiáš­aka.
Women in Buddhism -- India.
Women in Buddhism.
India.
Buddhist art and symbolism.
Buddhist art and symbolism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Sexualities in Buddhist narrative, iconography and ritual
Other Form: Print version: Young, Serinity. Courtesans and tantric consorts. New York : Routledge, 2004 0415914825 0415914833 (DLC) 2003022472 (OCoLC)53223583
ISBN 0203494121 (electronic book)
9780203494127 (electronic book)
9780415914826
0415914825
9780415914833
0415914833
0415914833 (Paper)
0415914825 (hdb. ; alkaline paper)