Books reviewed by Mrs. Rhys Davids - 1. Some Sayings of the Buddha. According to the Pali Canon. Translated by F. L. Woodward, M.A. (Cantab). 6 × 3¾, xi + 356 pp. London, H. Milford: Oxford University Press, 1925. - 2. The Book of the Numerical Sayings II (Anguttara Nikāya). 8vo, x + 328 pp. Translated by A. D. Jayasundere. Edited by F. L. Woodward, M.A. Madras : Vasanta Press, 1925.

The episode of Brahm?’s request to the Buddha to teach has been regarded as problematic from early times, since it suggests that the Buddha was initially lacking in compassion. Comparison of versions of the story shows it to be possibly pre-A?okan in origin. A close reading of themes in the episode in relation to other incidents in the Buddha’s life described in the Pali canon show that it need not be taken as portraying an actual experience of the Buddha. The original purpose of the episode was not to describe the Buddha’s inner conflict but to show that Brahm?, representative of Brahmanical religion, was a follower of the Buddha. The episode was originally religious propaganda.

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The Vedāntic Buddhism of the Buddha. A collection of historical texts translated from the original Pāli and edited by J. G. Jennings, M.A. (Oxon.), C.I.E. (Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, London. 1947. Pp. cxvii + 697. Price £2 2s. net.)

Philosophy ◽

10.1017/s0031819100005829 ◽

1947 ◽

Vol 22 (83) ◽

pp. 275-277

Author(s):

E. J. Thomas

Keyword(s):

Historical Texts ◽

Oxford University ◽

The Buddha ◽

Oxford University Press

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Further Dialogues of the Buddha. Translated from the Pali of the Majjhima Nikāya. By Lord Chalmers, G.C.B., sometime Governor of Ceylon. Sacred Books of the Buddhists, vol. v. In two volumes. Vol. i, pp. xxiv, 371. London: Oxford University Press, 1926

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0041977x00089308 ◽

1926 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 351-354

Author(s):

C. A. F. Rhys Davids

Keyword(s):

Oxford University ◽

The Buddha ◽

Oxford University Press

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Further Dialogues of the Buddha. Translated from the Pali of the Majjhima Nikāya. By Lord Chalmers. Vol. II. 9 × 6, x + 351 pp. London: Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1927.

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society ◽

10.1017/s0035869x0005927x ◽

1927 ◽

Vol 59 (4) ◽

pp. 883-887

Author(s):

W. Stede

Keyword(s):

Oxford University ◽

The Buddha ◽

Oxford University Press

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Tales and Teachings of the Buddha: The Jātaka Stories in Relation to the Pāli Canon. By John Garrett Jones. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1979. xvi, 215 pp. Appendix, Bibliography, General Index, Index to the Jātaka Stories. $18.95. (Distributed in U.S. by Allen & Unwin, Inc., Winchester, Mass.)

The Journal of Asian Studies ◽

10.2307/2055086 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 169-170

Author(s):

James P. McDermott

Keyword(s):

Pali Canon ◽

General Index ◽

Index Index ◽

The Buddha ◽

Pāli Canon

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Crowned Buddha of Amaravati and the Cakkavatti canonical concept

Orientalistica ◽

10.31696/2618-7043-2020-3-4-1010-1027 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 1010-1027

Author(s):

I. V. Grunin

Keyword(s):

Pali Canon ◽

The Buddha ◽

The Relationship ◽

Pāli Canon

The article represents a kind of “postscriptum” to the author’s hypothesis about fundamental sources found in Pali canon and early post-canonic literature that gave birth to formation of the crowned Buddha image. This hypothesis underlies this study of early Buddhist iconography, in particular with respect to images belonging to the Amaravati school, which illustrate the relationship between the Buddha and Cakkavatti. The author substantiates the conclusion that the image of the crowned Buddha had emerged almost simultaneously with the anthropomorphic image of the Enlightened One.

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