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This book demonstrates how popular ritual texts and story narratives have shaped the religious life and culture of the only surviving South Asian Mahayana Buddhist society, the Newars of Kathmandu. It begins with an account of the Newar Buddhist community's history and its place within the religious environment of Nepal and proceeds to build around five popular translations, several of which were known across Asia: the Srngabheri Avadana, the Simhalasarthabahu Avadana, the Tara, the Mahakala Vratas, and the Pancaraksa. Lewis documents how the respective texts have been domesticated in Nepal's art and architecture, healing traditions, and rituals.
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Preface xiii
Chapter 1. Introduction: Buddhism as a Pragmatic Religious Tradition 1
Popular Narratives and their "Domestication" in Buddhist Communities 2
The Development of Buddhist Ritualism 7
The Ritual Innovations of Mahayana Buddhism 9
Nepal and Newar Buddhism 11
The Context and Paradoxes of Modernity 18
Chapter 2. Stupas and Spouses: The Shrngabheri Avadana 21
Chapter 3. Merchants, Demonesses, and Missionary Faith: The Simhalasarthabahu Avadana 49
Chapter 4. Devotions to a Celestial Bodhisattva: The Tara Vrata 89
Chapter 5. Invoking the Powers of the Buddhist "Dark Lord": The Caturdashi Vrata of Mahakala 109
Chapter 6. The Refuge of Recitation: The Pancaraksa 119
Chapter 7. Summary and Conclusions 165
Notes 181
Bibliography 205
Index 231
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