MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008050913
003 DLC
005 20091223152642.0
008 081125s2009 enkab b 001 0beng
010 $a 2008050913
020 $a9780195385823 (alk. paper)
020 $a0195385829 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn289067793
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043 $aa-ii---
050 00 $aBQ882$b.P46 2009
082 00 $a294.3/63$aB$222
100 1 $aPenner, Hans H.,$d1934-
245 10 $aRediscovering the Buddha :$blegends of the Buddha and their interpretation /$cHans H. Penner.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
300 $axii, 260 p. :$bill., map ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-233) and index.
505 0 $aCosmology and the great declaration -- The perfection of giving -- The birth and early life of Gotama -- Flight from the palace -- Enlightenment and liberation -- The Buddha begins to teach -- The Buddha becomes a wonder-worker -- The Buddha meets a king and two brilliant ascetics -- Rules, rules, and more rules -- The Buddha goes home -- The Buddha receives a gift and befriends a king -- Meeting a murderer, a visit home, and a quick trip to heaven -- Devadatta attempts to kill the Buddha -- The buddha's last days -- Once the buddha was a universal monarch -- The last watch and the funeral -- The quest for the historical Buddha -- The cosmological structure -- The legends as rites of passage -- The great agent : universal monarchs and Buddhas -- The gift, the renouncer, and the householder.
600 00 $aGautama Buddha.
650 0 $aReligious biography$zIndia.