Courtesans and Tantric Consorts Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography, and Ritual

Name: Courtesans and Tantric Consorts Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography, and Ritual
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ISBN: 9780415914833

ISBN-10: 0415914833

ISBN-13: 9780415914833

Edition: 2004

Authors: Serinity Young

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In 'Courtesans and Tantric Consorts' Serenity Young takes the reader on a journey through more than 2000 years of Buddhist history, revealing the colourful moasic of beliefs that inform Buddhist views about gender & sexuality.

Book details

List price: $43.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/19/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 298
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Laila Williamson is senior scientific assistant and Serinity Young is a research associate, both in the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. Janet Gyatso is Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies at the Harvard Divinity School.



Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


Note on Transliteration


Introduction



Life of the Buddha



Rejection and Reconciliation


Rejection: The Prince in the Women's Quarters


Reconciliation: The Ascetic and the Requisite of Enlightenment



Parents and Procreation



Mothers and SonsQueen Maya


Conception and Birth Images


Trayastrimsa Heaven


Syama Jataka


Sons Saving Mothers


Queen Cama


Mothers and Compassion



Medical Excursus



Fathers and Heirs


King Suddhodana


Buddha as Father


Tibet


Male Lineage



Sexualities



Wives and Husbands


The Wives of the Buddha


Jataka Wives


Dreams of Buddha's Wives


The Saundarananda


Positive Images of Wives



South Asian Courtesans


Sexual Categories


Devadasis


Male Courtesans


Transitions



Courtesans in Buddhist Literature


Syama Jataka


Amrapali


Manimekhalaï¿½


The Deception of the Body



Tantric Consorts: Introduction Images and Practices


Mahasiddhas



Tantric Consorts: Tibet


Padmasambhava


Yeshe Tsogyel and Mandarava


TertonsYid Thogma


Milarepa


Machig Lapdron



The Traffic in Women


Nangsa's Story



Women, Men, and Impurity


Female Sexuality and Pollution


The Instability of Masculinity



Sex Changes


Female to Male Stories


Male to Female Stories


Karma



Other Lands/Other Realities


The Buddhist Universe


Lands of Women


Hells for Women


Pure Lands


Without Women


With Women


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index