The Buddhist salvation of Ajātaśatru and the Jaina non-salvation of Kūṇika
This article examines Buddhist and Jaina attitudes towards the salvation of the Magadhan king Ajātaśatru (alias Kūṇika), a narrative character found in both Buddhist and Jaina traditions. A number of Buddhist texts prophesy that Ajātaśatru, despite his next birth in hell, will attain liberation in h...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. - Cambridge University Press. - 82(2019), 1, Seite 85-110 |
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