INDEX
a
| Abhinikramaasūtra(AS), 88 , 94 |
| abundance, 12 , 110 |
| act of truth (satyavacana), 194 , 197 -98 |
| adept/s, 135 , 138 , 141 -42 |
| adultery, 206 |
| Ajataśatru, King, 44 , 99 |
| Ak obhya, 14 , 196 , 222 |
| alcohol, 141 |
| American Buddhism, 159 -60 |
| Amitābha, xxiv , 72 , 199 , 202 , 219 -20 |
| Amitāyus Dhyāna Sūtra, 44 , 99 |
| Amrapālī, 122 , 127 -28 |
| amulets, 215 -16, 232 |
| ancestors, 167 , 216 , 218 |
| androgyny, 60 |
| anus, 83 |
| anxiety, xxv , 60 , 62 , 112 , 181 , 184 , 186 , 191 , 213 , 216 , 231 , 232 |
| aphrodisiacs, 135 |
| apśaras, 31 , 97 , 105 , 109 , 114 , 125 , 211 , 220 -21 |
| arhat/s, 88 , 97 - 99 |
| Asa ga, 48 , 162 , 198 |
| ascetic/s, 3 - 4 , 7 - 9 , 15 , 31 , 34 , 43 , 48 , 85 - 86 , 89 , 90 , 92 , 94 , 97 , 106 , 109 , 111 -14, 118 , 123 , 138 , 153 |
| asceticism, 3 , 8 - 10 , 15 - 16 , 68 , 87 , 90 - 91 , 112 , 124 , 149 |
| Aśoka, Emperor, xxii , 45 , 201 , |
| astrology, 61 , 107 |
| Aśvagho a, 6 , 13 , 17 , 97 - 98 , 118 , 130 |
| Atiraï, 99 - 100 , 124 , 126 , 131 |
| Atīśa, 48 , 160 |
| auspicious/ness, xxi - xxii , 12 , 16 , 23 - 24 , 27 , 30 - 31 , 34 , 38 , 41 , 48 - 49 , 90 , 93 , 99 - 100 , 105 , 107 , 109 -11, 113 -14, 121 , 123 -25, 135 -36, 165 , 174 , 179 , 181 , 184 , 192 , 231 |
| autonomy, 154 |
| Avalokiteśvara, 76 , 139 , 181 , 201 -02, 221 , 228 |
| Aziz, Barbara, 76 |
b
| Bansode, Hira, 95 |
| barmaid, 141 -42, 155 |
| barrenness, 35 |
| Basham, A. L., 108 |
| beatings, 150 , 169 -70, 172 , 174 |
| begging bowl, 85 , 100 , 124 -26 |
| See also bowls |
| bhūmisparśa, 14 |
| Bimbisāra, King, 44 , 99 |
| binary opposites. See female and male |
| biography/ies, xxi , xxiii , xxv , 4 - 8 , 13 , 15 - 16 , 23 , 34 , 37 , 39 , 67 - 74 , 86 , 88 - 95 , 97 , 106 , 122 , 136 , 139 -42, 146 , 150 , 153 -54, 159 -61, 163 , 165 , 168 -71, 174 , 183 , 231 |
| birds, 219 , 224 |
| birth, 4 , 70 - 72 , 98 , 109 , 111 -12, 150 , 158 , 171 , 179 -80, 182 -83, 185 , 187 -88, 219 , 221 |
| See also blood; |
| rebirth |
| blessing/s, 30 , 112 -13, 142 |
| bliss, 136 |
| blood, 58 , 75 , 94 , 140 , 152 , 167 , 181 |
| of child birth, 46 - 47 , 199 , 214 -18 |
| See also menstrual blood; |
| women, reproductive fluids of |
| Blood Bowl Sutra, 214 -16, 232 |
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Book title: Courtesans and Tantric Consorts: Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography and Ritual.
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Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2003.
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