texts and rituals concerning a popular Buddhist saint Brereton, Bonnie Pacala creator text bibliography azu Tempe, Ariz Arizona State University, Program for Southeast Asian Studies c1995 1995 monographic eng

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xiii, 252 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Theme and Variations on the Phra Malai Legend -- One: Detailed Summary -- Two: A Brief Survey of Phra Malai Texts -- Type One: Promising Heavenly Rewards -- Type Two: Warning of Hellish Tortures -- Conclusions -- Three: Prior Texts and Previous Research -- Motifs and Possible Source Texts -- Place of Origin of Phra Malai Texts -- Research on Other Phra Malai Texts -- Conclusions -- Four: The Pali/Lan Na Texts -- The Lan Na Literary Tradition -- Stylistic Features -- Ritual Context: The Vessantara JOtaka -- Historical Connections -- Conclusions -- Five: Phra Malai Klon Suat: The Popular Text -- The Medium -- Language and Form -- Teachings: Simple versus Sophisticated -- Retribution: Kammic and Comic -- Sources of the Hell Scenes -- Historical Context -- The Funerary Context -- Conclusions -- Six: Phra Malai Kham Luang: The Royal Version -- The Historical Setting -- Poetry and Politics -- Poetry as Dana -- Poetic Techniques -- Rhyming Patterns -- Imagery -- Use of Pedantic Language -- Names and Epithets -- Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Phra Malai Kham Luang: A Translation -- Bibliography: Works in Asian Languages -- Bibliography: Works in Western Languages. by Bonnie Pacala Brereton. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Michigan, 1992. Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252). a-th--- as----- Buddhist literature Thailand History and criticism Buddhist saints Legends History and criticism Folklore Southeast Asia Religious aspects Thailand Religious life and customs BQ1029.T52 B74 1995 PhD 294.34432 BRE 1881044076 IDeKN 980319 20201029120640.0 1676235