02691cam a2200349 a 45000010008000000030004000080050017000120080041000290200015000700350020000850400027001050420014001320430021001460500025001670820022001921000028002142450119002422600091003613000040004525000090004925040054005825051287006366500058019236500053019816500049020346510042020838560022021259060045021479420014021929990015022069520120022211676235OSt20201029120640.0980319s1995    azuab    b    000 0 eng d  a1881044076  a(OCoLC)33599742  aIDeKNcPembadDLCdWaU  alccopycat  aa-th---aas-----00aBQ1029.T52bB74 1995  aPhD 294.34432 BRE1 aBrereton, Bonnie Pacala10aThai tellings of Phra Malai :btexts and rituals concerning a popular Buddhist saint /cby Bonnie Pacala Brereton.  aTempe, Ariz. :bArizona State University, Program for Southeast Asian Studies,cc1995.  axiii, 252 p. :bill., map ;c23 cm.  aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Michigan, 1992.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-252).8 aMachine 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. 0aBuddhist literaturezThailandxHistory and criticism. 0aBuddhist saintsxLegendsxHistory and criticism. 0aFolklorezSoutheast AsiaxReligious aspects. 0aThailandxReligious life and customs.413Table of Contents  a7bcbcccopycatd2encipf19gy-gencatlg  2ddccPHD   c6154d6154  00102ddc4070aILCSbILCSd2019-03-20eDonated by Parittal0oPhD294.34432BREpE14458r2019-03-20w2019-03-20yBK