LEADER 03217nam 22006373 450 001 9911046663703321 005 20251112134501.0 010 $a9781438496634 010 $a143849663X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781438496634 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30667998 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30667998 035 $a(DE-B1597)683548 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438496634 035 $a(CKB)29958294700041 035 $a(OCoLC)1419063322 035 $a(Perlego)4201212 035 $a(OCoLC)1418750498 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_133817 035 $a(EXLCZ)9929958294700041 100 $a20251112d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aI, yantra $eexploring self and selflessness in ancient Indian robot tales /$fSigne Cohen 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAlbany, NY :$cState University of New York Press,$d[2024] 210 4$dİ2024 215 $a1 online resource (297 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Cohen, Signe I, Yantra Albany : State University of New York Press,c2024 9781438496627 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tThe History of Automata in the West --$tInterlude --$tRobots in the Royal Garden --$tBody of Flesh, Body of Wood, Body of Stone --$tMechanical Gardens and a Craving for Flying Machines --$tI, Yantra --$tThe Buddha, the Emperor, and the Killer Robot --$tInterpreting Indian Robot Tales --$tChapter 31 of Bhoja's Samara?n?gan?asu?tradha?ra --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aWhat does it mean to be human? I, Yantra examines ancient Indian narratives about robots and mechanically constructed beings to explore how their Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist authors approached this question. Making translations of many of these texts available in English for the first time, author Signe Cohen argues that they shed considerable light on South Asian religious notions of humanity, self, and agency. She also documents connections between ancient and modern responses to the ethical problems of what precisely constitutes a sentient being and what rights such a being should have. Situated at the intersection of humanities and bioethics, this cross-disciplinary study will be of interest to scholars of South Asian languages and literature as well as specialists in religion and technology. 606 $aTales$zIndia$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRobots$zIndia$vFolklore 606 $aRobots in literature 606 $aRobots$xReligious aspects 606 $aTechnology and civilization 606 $aCivilization, Ancient 615 0$aTales$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRobots 615 0$aRobots in literature. 615 0$aRobots$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aTechnology and civilization. 615 0$aCivilization, Ancient. 676 $a398.45 700 $aCohen$b Signe$01829797 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911046663703321 996 $aI, Yantra$94477400 997 $aUNINA