Sacred Biography in the Buddhist Traditions of South and Southeast Asia

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Sacred Biography in the Buddhist Traditions of South and Southeast Asia  Edited by Juliane Schober University of Hawai‘i Press Honolulu © 1997 University of Hawaii Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 97 98 99 00 01 02 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sacred biography in the Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia / edited by Juliane Schober. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–8248–1699–4 (alk. paper) 1. Buddhist saints—Biography—History and criticism. 2. Gautama Buddha. 3. Buddhist hagiography—History and criticism. I. Schober, Juliane. BQ843.S23 1997 294.3′6—dc20 96–21003 CIP University of Hawaii Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources Designed by Angela Stanton ...