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Riven by lust : incest and schism in Indian Buddhist legend and historiography
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Riven by lust : incest and schism in Indian Buddhist legend and historiography

Author: Jonathan A Silk
Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Riven by Lust explores the tale of a man accused of causing the fundamental schism in early Indian Buddhism, but not before he has sex with his mother and kills his father. In tracing this Buddhist Oedipal tale, Jonathan Silk follows it through texts in all of the major canonical languages of Buddhism, Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese, along the way noting parallels and contrasts with classical and  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Silk, Jonathan A.
Riven by lust.
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2009
(OCoLC)609272275
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jonathan A Silk
ISBN: 9780824830908 0824830903
OCLC Number: 225532087
Description: xviii, 347 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Jonathan A. Silk.
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"Riven by Lust explores the tale of a man accused of causing the fundamental schism in early Indian Buddhism, but not before he has sex with his mother and kills his father. In tracing this Buddhist Oedipal tale, Jonathan Silk follows it through texts in all of the major canonical languages of Buddhism, Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese, along the way noting parallels and contrasts with classical and medieval European stories such as the legend of the Oedipal Judas. Simultaneously, he investigates the psychological and anthropological understandings of the tale of mother-son incest in light of contemporary psychological and anthropological understandings of incest, with special attention to the question of why we consider it among the worst of crimes." "Riven by Lust is a paradigmatic analysis of a major theme of world mythology and a signal contribution to the study of the history of incest and comparative sexualities. It will attract readers interested in Buddhism, Indian studies, Asian studies, comparative culture, mythology, psychology, and the history of sexuality."--Jacket.

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