Ties that bind : maternal imagery and discourse in Indian Buddhism /

Reiko Ohnuma offers a wide-ranging exploration of maternal imagery and discourse in pre-modern South Asian Buddhism drawing on textual sources preserved in Pali and Sanskrit.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ohnuma, Reiko
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Buddhist literature > India > Themes, motives. Motherhood in literature. Medicine in literature. Mother and child. Medicine in Literature Mother-Child Relations Littérature bouddhique > Inde > Thèmes, motifs. Maternité dans la littérature. Médecine dans la littérature. Mère et enfant. Buddhist) RELIGION. History. Motherhood in literature India Religion. Philosophy & Religion. Buddhism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Reiko Ohnuma offers a wide-ranging exploration of maternal imagery and discourse in pre-modern South Asian Buddhism drawing on textual sources preserved in Pali and Sanskrit.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (viii, 262 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-255) and index.
ISBN:	1299674577 9781299674578 9780199915668 0199915660 0199950059 9780199950058