02808nam 22006494a 450 991046022830332120200520144314.00-674-05443-110.4159/9780674054431(CKB)2670000000040443(OCoLC)650350250(CaPaEBR)ebrary10402536(SSID)ssj0000413334(PQKBManifestationID)11300732(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413334(PQKBWorkID)10382227(PQKB)10591322(MiAaPQ)EBC3300872(DE-B1597)457738(OCoLC)979953936(DE-B1597)9780674054431(Au-PeEL)EBL3300872(CaPaEBR)ebr10402536(EXLCZ)99267000000004044320080907d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA bull of a man[electronic resource] images of masculinity, sex, and the body in Indian Buddhism /John PowersCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20091 online resource (335 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-03329-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-312) and index.The ultimate man -- A manly monk -- Sex and the single monk -- The problem with bodies -- The company of men -- The greater men of the greater vehicle -- Adepts and sorcerers.The androgynous, asexual Buddha of contemporary popular imagination stands in stark contrast to the muscular, virile, and sensual figure presented in Indian Buddhist texts. In this groundbreaking study of previously unexplored aspects of the early Buddhist tradition, John Powers skillfully adapts methodological approaches from European and North American historiography to the study of early Buddhist literature, art, and iconography, highlighting aspects of the tradition that have been surprisingly invisible in earlier scholarship.MasculinityReligious aspectsBuddhismSex roleReligious aspectsBuddhismBuddhist literatureIndiaHistory and criticismBuddhismSocial aspectsIndiaHistoryElectronic books.MasculinityReligious aspectsBuddhism.Sex roleReligious aspectsBuddhism.Buddhist literatureHistory and criticism.BuddhismSocial aspectsHistory.294.3/37BE 8592rvkPowers John1957-688354MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460228303321A bull of a man2457780UNINA