Sacred biography in the buddhist traditions of south and southeast Asia
9 lives
- Honolulu : University of Huwai Press 1888.
- ix,232 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-267) and index.
The nun's tale -- The dancer of Kannur -- The daughters of Yellamma -- The singer of epics -- The red fairy -- The monk's tale -- The maker of idols -- The lady twilight -- The song of the blind minstrel.
A study of the ways in which traditional forms of religious life in India have been transformed in the vortex of the region's rapid change.