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Serinity Young
In Courtesans and Tantric Consorts, Serinity Young takes the reader on a journey through more than 2000 years of Buddhist history, revealing the colourful mosaic of beliefs that inform Buddhist…
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This now standard text offers engaging readings from a wide variety of sources by and about women. Designed for women’s studies and religion courses everywhere.
Provides an overview of the history and origins, basic tenets and beliefs, organizations, traditions, customs, rites, societal and historical influences, and modern-day impact of Buddhism.
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Provides an introduction to Hinduism, covering its history, literature, gods and goddesses, doctrines, rites, and the current status of Hinduism in the United States.
Presents the life and journeys of the famous world explorer Richard Francis Burton.
Young Serinity
From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying…
Serinity Young (American Museum of Natural History, USA)
In this study of the Buddhist dream experience, Dr. Young explores the functions of dreams in the biographies of the Buddha and other central figures, examining the role and nature…
Focuses on a set of contemporary paintings in the traditional technique by the Nepalese artist Romio Shrestha and his assistants in Kathmandu.
