Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Buddhist Site : Bodh Gaya Jataka

ISBN-13: 9780415684521 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 224 str.

David Geary; Matthew R. Sayers; Abhishek Singh Amar

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This volume brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, religion, history, and art history, to name a few - to highlight their various findings and perspectives on different facets of Bodhgaya's past and present.

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Introduction: The Multiple Lives of Bodh Gaya: Defining Views and Changing Perspectives  Part 1: Empowering the Landscape of the Buddha  1. Gaya-Bodh Gaya: The Origins of a Pilgrimage Complex  2. Sacred Bodh Gaya : The Buddhaksetra of Gotama Buddha  3. The Changing Landscape at Bodh Gaya  4. Bodh Gaya and the Issue of Originality in Art  Part 2: Monumental Conjectures: Rebirths and Retellings  5. Established Usage and Absolute Freedom of Religion at Bodh Gaya: 1861–1915  6. Queen Victoria Beneath the Bodhi Tree: Anagarika Dharmapala as Anti-Imperialist and Victorian  7. Bodh Gaya in the 1950s: Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahant Giri, and Anagarika Munindra C.  8. "Why Cause Unnecessary Confusion?": Re-inscribing the Mahabodhi Temple’s Holy Places  Part 3: Universal Dreams and Local Departures  9. World Heritage in the Shadow of Zamindari  10. Maitreya, or The Love of Buddhism: The Non-Event of a Bodh Gaya’s Giant Statue  11. Universal Education and Social Transformation in Bodh Gaya  12. NGOs, Corruption, and Reciprocity in the Land of Buddha’s Enlightenment