LEADER 03988nam 22005774a 450 001 9910821337103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-49412-1 010 $a1-280-07730-1 010 $a1-135-96426-2 010 $a0-203-60278-1 010 $a1-135-96427-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203494127 035 $a(CKB)2670000000326161 035 $a(EBL)182753 035 $a(OCoLC)475897341 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182753 035 $a(OCoLC)56335793 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000326161 100 $a20031014d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCourtesans and tantric consorts $esexualities in Buddhist narrative, iconography and ritual /$fSerinity Young 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-91482-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-248) and index. 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 517 3 $aSexualities in Buddhist narrative, iconography and ritual 606 $aWomen in the Tripitaka 606 $aWomen in Buddhism$zIndia 606 $aBuddhist art and symbolism 615 0$aWomen in the Tripitaka. 615 0$aWomen in Buddhism 615 0$aBuddhist art and symbolism. 676 $a294.3/082 700 $aYoung$b Serinity$0638332 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821337103321 996 $aCourtesans and tantric consorts$93917461 997 $aUNINA