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050	0	0	_aBQ1029.T52 _bB74 1995
082			_aPhD 294.34432 BRE
100	1		_aBrereton, Bonnie Pacala
245	1	0	_aThai tellings of Phra Malai : _btexts and rituals concerning a popular Buddhist saint / _cby Bonnie Pacala Brereton.
260			_aTempe, Ariz. : _bArizona State University, Program for Southeast Asian Studies, _cc1995.
300			_axiii, 252 p. : _bill., map ; _c23 cm.
500			_aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Michigan, 1992.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-252).
505	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.
650		0	_aBuddhist literature _zThailand _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aBuddhist saints _xLegends _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aFolklore _zSoutheast Asia _xReligious aspects.
651		0	_aThailand _xReligious life and customs.
856	4	1	_3Table of Contents
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