A Bull of a Man

Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism

John Powers

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$31.00 • £26.95 • €28.95

ISBN 9780674064034

Publication Date: 04/02/2012

Short

336 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

10 halftones

Not for sale in Indian subcontinent

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Preface
1. The Ultimate Man
2. A Manly Monk
3. Sex and the Single Monk
4. The Problem with Bodies
5. The Company of Men
6. The Greater Men of the Greater Vehicle
7. Adepts and Sorcerers
8. Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Major and Minor Physical Characteristics of a Great Man
Appendix 2: Epithets of the Buddha
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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