LEADER 03784nam 22005053u 450 001 9910462610103321 005 20210107022248.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000326161 035 $a(EBL)182753 035 $a(OCoLC)475897341 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182753 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000326161 100 $a20130418d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aCourtesans and Tantric Consorts$b[electronic resource] $eSexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography, and Ritual 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-91482-5 327 $aCover; Courtesans and Tantric Consorts: Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography, and Ritual; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; INTRODUCTION; PART I Life of the Buddha; CHAPTER 1 REJECTION AND RECONCILIATION; REJECTION: THE PRINCE IN THE WOMEN'S QUARTERS; RECONCILIATION: THE ASCETIC AND THE REQUISITE OF ENLIGHTENMENT; PART II Parents and Procreation; CHAPTER 2 MOTHERS AND SONS; QUEEN MA?YA?; Conception and Birth Images; Tra?yastrims?a Heaven; S?YA?MA JA?TAKA; SONS SAVING MOTHERS; QUEEN CA?MA; MOTHERS AND COMPASSION 327 $aCHAPTER 3 MEDICAL EXCURSUSCHAPTER 4 FATHERS AND HEIRS; KING S?UDDHODANA; BUDDHA AS FATHER; TIBET; Male Lineage; PART III Sexualities; CHAPTER 5 WIVES AND HUSBANDS; THE WIVES OF THE BUDDHA; Ja?taka Wives; Dreams of Buddha's Wives; THE SAUNDARA?NANDA; POSITIVE IMAGES OF WIVES; CHAPTER 6 SOUTH ASIAN COURTESANS; SEXUAL CATEGORIES; DEVADA?SI?S; MALE COURTESANS; TRANSITIONS; CHAPTER 7 COURTESANS IN BUDDHIST LITERATURE; S?YA?MA? JA?TAKA; AMRAPA?LI?; THE MANIMEKHALAI?; THE DECEPTION OF THE BODY; CHAPTER 8 TANTRIC CONSORTS: INTRODUCTION; IMAGES AND PRACTICES; MAHA?SIDDHAS; CHAPTER 9 TANTRIC CONSORTS: TIBET 327 $aPADMASAMBHAVAYESHE TSOGYEL AND MANDA?RAVA?; TERTONS; YID THOGMA; MILAREPA; MACHIG LAPDRON; CHAPTER 10 THE TRAFFIC IN WOMEN; NANGSA'S STORY; CHAPTER 11 WOMEN, MEN, AND IMPURITY; FEMALE SEXUALITY AND POLLUTION; THE INSTABILITY OF MASCULINITY; CHAPTER 12 SEX CHANGE; FEMALE TO MALE STORIES; MALE TO FEMALE STORIES; KARMA; CHAPTER 13 OTHER LANDS/OTHER REALITIES; THE BUDDHIST UNIVERSE; LANDS OF WOMEN; Hells for Women; PURE LANDS; Without Women; With Women; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aThe wisest teachings of Buddhism say that, like all oppositions, one must move beyond gender. But as Serinity Young shows in this enlightening work, the rhetoric of Buddhist texts, the symbolism of its iconography, and the performative import of its rituals, tell different, and often contradictory, stories. In Courtesans and Tantric Consorts, Serinity Young takes the reader on a journey through more than 2000 years of biographical writings, iconographic depictions, and ritual practices revealing Buddhism's deep struggles with gender.Juxtaposing empowering images of women with thei 606 $aBuddhist art and symbolism 606 $aWomen in Buddhism - India 606 $aWomen in the Tripitaka 606 $aWomen in the Tripitaka 606 $aWomen in the TripitI?Łaka 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aBuddhist art and symbolism. 615 4$aWomen in Buddhism - India. 615 4$aWomen in the Tripitaka. 615 4$aWomen in the Tripitaka. 615 4$aWomen in the TripitI?Łaka. 676 $a294.3/082 676 $a294.3082 700 $aYoung$b Serinity$0638332 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462610103321 996 $aCourtesans and Tantric Consorts$92043735 997 $aUNINA