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Can I read Readings of the Vessantara Jātaka (Columbia Readings of Buddhist Literature) on EtoBox?
Readings of the Vessantara Jātaka (Columbia Readings of Buddhist Literature) by Collins, Steven (editor) is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Readings of the Vessantara Jātaka (Columbia Readings of Buddhist Literature) about?
The Vessantara Jataka tells the story of Prince Vessantara, who attained the Perfection of Generosity by giving away his fortune, his children, and his wife. Vessantara was the penultimate rebirth as a human of the future Gotama Buddha, and his extreme charity has been represented and reinterpreted in texts, sermons, rituals, and art throughout South and Southeast Asia and beyond. This anthology features well-respected anthropologists, textual scholars in religious and Buddhist studies, and art
Who reads Readings of the Vessantara Jātaka (Columbia Readings of Buddhist Literature)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Collins, Steven (editor)
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press : Made available through hoopla
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231541008
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Art, Religion, Buddhism
- Updated
- 2026-03-25