The legend of Queen Cāma : Bodhiraṃsi's Cāmadevīvaṃsa, a translation and commentary

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The legend of Queen Cāma : Bodhiraṃsi's Cāmadevīvaṃsa, a translation and commentary

Donald K. Swearer and Sommai Premchit

(SUNY series in Buddhist studies)

State University of New York Press, c1998

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  • : pbk

タイトル別名

Cāmadevīvaṃsa

統一タイトル

Bodhiraṅsī -- Cāmadevivaṃsa

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-176) and index

"Glossary of selected Pāli terms": p. 167-169

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The Legend of Queen Cāma ( Cāmadevīvaṃsa), an early fifteenth-century Pali chronicle written by Mahathera Bodhiraṃsi, recounts the story of the founding of the kingdom of Haripuñjaya in the Chiang Mai valley of Northern Thailand in the seventh century C.E. Similar to other Theravāda Pali chronicles, the legend integrates religious and political stories, namely, Queen Cāma's founding of a dynastic lineage and the fortunes of Buddhism within it. The Legend of Queen Cāma offers revealing insights into the nature of Buddhism as a living tradition during one of the greatest periods in the history of Thai Buddhism. These insights include the symbolic structure of Buddhist cosmology, the close association of Buddhism and the founding of city states, the interrelationship of popular Buddhist ethical teachings and devotional religion, and the inherently syncretic nature of Buddhism as presented in a text indebted to the folkloric traditions of Northern Thailand. One of the most striking features of the book is the parallelism between the text's dominant narratives--the Buddha's journey to Northern Thailand and his prediction of the discovery of a Buddha relic by King Adittaraja (eleventh century C.E.), and the founding by Queen Cāma of a lineage destined to govern Haripunjaya for five hundred years. The Buddha and Queen Cāma are equal partners in this creative, cosmically significant act. Both plant the seeds that mature into a Mon Buddhist politico-cultural center that predates the advent of Thai suzerainty in Northern Thailand by five hundred years.

目次

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MAP SPECIMEN PAGE DRAMATIS PERSONAE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION PART I. INTERPRETATION The Camadevivamsa and the Chronicle Tradition of Northern Thailand The Structure of the Camadevivamsa The Camadevivamsa as a Narrative Tapestry of Myth, Legend, and History And History Which Camadevi? PART II. THE CAMADEVIVAMSA 1. The Buddha's Prophecy 2. Vasudeva and the Founding of Migasanghanagara 3. The Plan for Building Haripuñjaya 4. Camadevi Consecrated as Queen of Haripuñjaya 5.-6. Synopsis from the Jinakalamalipakaranam 7. Victory over Milakkharaja 8. The Coronation and Marriage of Mahantayasa 9. The Founding of Khelanga 10. Camadevi at Khelanga and the Founding of Alambanganagara 11. Camadevi's Reign at Alambanganagara, Her Return to Haripuñjaya, and Her Death 12. Royal Succession, Cholera Epidemic, and Flight to Hamsavati 13. Adittaraja's Reign and the Battle with Lavo 14. Victory over Lavo 15. King Adittaraja and the Appearance of the Buddha Relic APPENDIX RULERS OF HARIPUÑJAYA GLOSSARY OF SELECTED PALI TERMS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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