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The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
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| Document Type
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BL
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| Record Number
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2854
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b15279
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| Language of Document
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English
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| Main Entry
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Benn, James A., 1964
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| Title & Author
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Burning for the Buddha:self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism/ James A. Benn
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| Publication Statement
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Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press,, c2007.
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| Series Statement
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(Kuroda Institute studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no 19)
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| Page. NO
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xiii, 360 p.: ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780824829926(hardcover : alk.paper)
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| Notes
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"A Kuroda Institute book."
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| Notes
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Print
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-345) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- "Mounting the smoke with glittering colors": self-immolation in early medieval China -- The Lotus Sغutra, auto-cremation, and the indestructible tongue -- Saomgha and the state: the power(s) of self-immolation -- Is self-immolation a "good practice"? Yongming Yanshou on relinquishing the body -- Local heroes in a fragmenting empire: self-immolation in the late Tang and five dynasties -- One thousand years of self-immolation -- Conclusion.
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| Subject
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Self-immolationReligious aspects--Buddhism
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Self-immolationChina
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BuddhismChina--Customs and practices
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| Dewey Classification
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294.3.43420951
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| LC Classification
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BQ5680.S45,B46 2007
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