Reading theMahavamsa: The Literary Aims of a Theravada Buddhist History
ISBN: 9780231542609
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Columbia University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Mahānāma active 5th century. Mahāvaṃśa; Buddhist literature Pali -- History and criticism;

Reading the Mahāvamsa advocates a new, literary approach to this text by revealing its embedded reading advice (to experience samvega and pasada) and affective work of metaphors (the Buddha's dharma as light) and salient characters (nagas).

Kristin Scheible is associate professor of religion and humanities at Reed College.

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