Yasodhara, the Wife of the Bodhisattva: The Sinhala Yasodharavata (The Story of Yasodhara) and the Sinhala Yasodharapadanaya (The Sacred Biography of Yasodhara) PDF
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Yasodharā, the Wife of the Bōdhisattva Yasodharā, the Wife of the Bōdhisattva THE SINHALA Yasodharāvata (The Story of Yasodharā) AND THE SINHALA Yasodharāpadānaya (The Sacred Biography of Yasodharā) Translated with an Introduction and Notes by RANJINI OBEYESEKERE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS COVERART: The Buddha visits his former wife and son, approximately 100-300. Pakistan; former kingdom of Gandhara. Frieze; phyllite. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60S283. © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Used by permission. Published by STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS, ALBANY © 2009 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including e lectronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, record- ing, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production and book design, Laurie Searl Marketing, Michael Campochiaro Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Yasodharāvata. English. Yasodharā, the wife of the Bōdhisattva : the Sinhala Yasodharāvata (the story of Yasodharā) and the Sinhala Yasodharāpadānaya (the sacred biography of Yasodharā) / Ranjini Obeyesekere. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-4384-2827-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-4384-2828-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Sinhalese literature— Translations into English. I. Obeyesekere, Ranjini. II. Yasodharapadanaya. English. III. Title. PK2859.Y38E5 2009 891.4'808—dc22 2009000585 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my sisters Damayanthi Ratwatte and Savitri Goonesekere with much affection and admiration for their outstanding contributions each to their own world. Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Yasodharā: The Woman Yasodharā in Early Sanskrit and Pali Buddhist Literature Yasodharā in Sinhala Literature The Folk Poem Yasodharāvata (A) The Tradition of Lament in Sinhala Poetry The Yasodharāvata (A) in the Context of Sinhala Literary History The Printed Texts An Analysis of the Poem Yasodharāvata (A) Modern Critics of the Yasodharāvata CHAPTERONE 35 The Poem: Yasodharāvata (The Story of Yasodharā) CHAPTERTWO 59 Comments on the Yasodharāpadānaya vii viii CONTENTS CHAPTERTHREE 63 The Prose Text: Yasodharāpadānaya (The Sacred Biography of Yasodharā) Appendix 81 A Review of the Palm Leaf Manuscripts of the Yasodharāvata in the National Museum Library, Colombo, and the British Museum Library, London Glossary 89 Bibliography 99
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