Bühnemann (2015), Śākyamuni’s Return Journey to Lumbinī (lumbinīyātrā)

Bühnemann, Gudrun. 2015. Śākyamuni’s Return Journey to Lumbinī ( lumbinīyātrā ): A Study of a Popular Theme in Newar Buddhist Art and Literature. Bhairawaha, Nepal: Lumbini International Research Institute. 108 pp. ISBN: 978-9937-2-9462-1

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Buehnemann - Shakyamuni's Return Journey to Lumbini
Bühnemann (2015), Śākyamuni’s Return Journey to Lumbinī


1. The lumbinīyātrā in Sanskrit and Newari texts
1.1 The Sanskrit Text Quoted in Niṣṭhānanda Bajrācārya’s Lalitavistara
1.2 References in Works in Sanskrit by or Ascribed to Pandit Amṛtānanda
1.3 The Devotional Song in Newari
1.4 Concluding Remarks

2. Visual Representations of the lumbinīyātrā
2.1 Earlier Representations (1682 to ca. 1909)
2.2 Short Versions
2.3 Later Representations

3. Misinterpretations

4. Elements Shared with Other Legendary Material
4.1 Hindu Divinities Forming a Procession in Honour of the Buddha
4.2 The Reception of a Buddhist Figure by Hindu Divinities
4.3 The Specific Functions of Indra and Brahmā as the Buddha’s Attendants
4.4 The Nāga (King) as a Mount

5. On the Significance of the lumbinīyātrā Theme

Plates
Bibliographic References
Texts and Translations
Secondary Sources
Appendix

General Index