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Journal of Asian Studies (1976) 36 (1): 119–120.
Published: 01 November 1976
...Frank E. Reynolds Satan and Māra: Christian and Buddhist Symbols of Evil . By James W. Boyd . Leiden : E. J. Brill , Studies in the History of Religions (Supplements to Numen ) XXVII, 1975 . 188 pp. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1976 1976 BOOK REVIEWS 119...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1971) 31 (1): 63–75.
Published: 01 November 1971
...James W. Boyd Abstract Although Māra, the Buddhist symbol of evil, has been the subject of a number of books and essays, little has been written about the numerous Pali and Sanskrit textual references to a plurality of Māras. In Buddhist literature there are passages, more characteristic...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2015) 74 (2): 504–505.
Published: 01 May 2015
... to be disturbed in their meditations by Mara, who as I have earlier suggested is very definitely portrayed as a “man” even if he is emblematic of other prototypal features. In Bhikkhu Analayo's essay on the Samyutta Nikaya 's verses on Mara's disruption of the bhikhhunis ' meditations, he always receives...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1976) 36 (1): 120–121.
Published: 01 November 1976
... "demythologizing" that faulted Ling's treatment. And in the case of Mara, he extends the range of sources under study by including early Mahayana as well as Hinayana texts, distinguishing more clearly than did Ling between the "function" and "meaning" of the Mara mythology; as a result, he develops a more...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1996) 55 (2): 523–525.
Published: 01 May 1996
... speaks most consistently through the peripheral figure of Mara, a young revolutionary, rather than through the novel's protagonist, Amanda. Mara's middle aged, middle class mother-in-law, Amanda, expresses her boredom and rebellion against a domineering husband through sexual experimentation, but does...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1977) 36 (4): 799–808.
Published: 01 August 1977
... SCHWINDLER, GARY J. Early Cola Architecture and Sculpture Douglas Barrett, Early Cola Architecture and Sculpture, 866-1014 A.D. 333 521 7°5 Book Reviews Asia General ANDERSON AND JONES (eds Historical Linguistics [NORMAN H. ZIDE] BOYD, Satan and Mara [FRANK E. REYNOLDS] CHENERY AND SYRQUIN, Patterns...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1976) 36 (1): 117–119.
Published: 01 November 1976
..., the growth pattern foreseen by C-S may be distorted or even aborted by conflict between the developing and developed countries. University of Illinois at Chicago Circle GEORGE ROSEN Satan and Mara: Christian and Buddhist Symbols of Evil. BY JAMES W. BOYD. Leiden: E. J. Brill, Studies in the History...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1972) 31 (3): 724–728.
Published: 01 May 1972
... one looks at (Burmese data from an appendix) Upa\rut is, e.g., a disciple of Buddha who protected Buddha against the host of Mara representing the forces of unenlightened materiality, was associated with semen and water, and is said even now to reside in water meditating. On account of his connection...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2012) 71 (4): 1149–1151.
Published: 01 November 2012
...Ann Marie L. Davis Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan: The Development of the Feminist Movement . By Mara Patessio . Ann Arbor : Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan , 2011 . viii, 232 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1963) 22 (2): 155–167.
Published: 01 February 1963
... have been careful to observe taboos against climbing trees or taking badis near pools or wells. The villagers believe that Man Nat, who is viewed as a spirit with evil intent, may push the young aspirant to his death during this period. (The Burmese Man Nat is derived from Mara, the personification...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1983) 43 (1): 183–184.
Published: 01 November 1983
...Francis G. Hutchins Through Indian Eyes: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Photography from India . By Judith Mara Gutman . New York : Oxford University Press , 1982 . xii, 187 pp. Photographs, Supplementary List of Exhibition Items, Selected Bibliography, Index. $29.95...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2014) 73 (3): 589–618.
Published: 01 August 2014
... materialism and erosion of moral values—might inadvertently be transmitted to the countries that mindlessly mimic Western ways. Civilization, he countered, was defined not by the accumulation of material wealth or weaponry, but the development of an inner soul (1:57). “The Power of Mara Poetry” 摩羅詩力說 (1908...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2012) 71 (1): 263–266.
Published: 01 February 2012
...Michelle Osterfeld Li The Female as Subject: Reading and Writing in Early Modern Japan . Edited by P. F. Kornicki , Mara Patessio , and G. G. Rowley . Ann Arbor, MI : Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan , 2010 . ix, 279 pp. $70.00 (cloth); $26.00 (paper...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (4): 1164–1167.
Published: 01 November 2011
...Michelle Osterfeld Li The Female as Subject: Reading and Writing in Early Modern Japan . Edited by P.F. Kornicki , Mara Patessio , and G.G. Rowley . Michigan : Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan , 2010 . x, 279 pgs. $26.00 (paper); $70.00 (cloth). Copyright ©...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1972) 31 (4): 1003–1012.
Published: 01 August 1972
.... BOYD. Pages 63-76. The numerous Pali and Sanskirt textual references to a plurality of Maras find summary expression in the four-Maras formula: skandhamara, h}esmara, maranamara, and devaputramara. The term mara in devaputramara connotes both the title of a deva in this universe and the title of vast...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1960) 20 (1): 113.
Published: 01 November 1960
... poetic literature has "come to us to cultivate wisdom" in the West. This unique academic enlightenment was achieved by Dr. Peter H. Lee, first in German as his doctoral dissertation at Munich in 1958, and now in English with the addition of appendices containing valuable materials. mara should have been...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2017) 76 (1): 261–262.
Published: 01 February 2017
... What Is Visible,” gives a reading of the catalogue for Thawan's 2005 retrospective exhibition Traisun (Trinity) through Buddhist concepts of existence. Throughout the book, Marcus presents Thawan's work in primarily Buddhist terms. The first three chapters, “The Dhammapada,” “The Battle of Mara...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2010) 69 (3): 950–952.
Published: 01 August 2010
... to powerful male animals, his military and sexual prowess as a young nobleman, his physical attractiveness to women, and the ease with which he trounces the fearsome Māra. Because the male is preferred to the female in patriarchal ancient India, the celibate Buddha, who has achieved the highest spiritual...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2013) 72 (3): 698–700.
Published: 01 August 2013
... a remarkable synthesis and guide to this dynamic and developing field that will enrich the study of gender and sexuality in modern China for students and researchers alike. 2 Mara Hvistendahl , Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men ( New...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1994) 53 (3): 994–995.
Published: 01 August 1994
... spirits of dead patrilineal ancestors" (p. 188). Even a big-man's house is modest, fitting with the "affected humility" (p. 189) of Kalauna leaders. Toon van Meijl's penetrating study of the Maori meeting house sees the house in the context of the ceremonial clearing (marae) in front of the meeting house...