Buddhist Children and Misunderstood Crows
- 27 May 2021
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Brill in Indo-Iranian Journal
- Vol. 64 (2), 175-197
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15728536-06401006
Abstract
This article reviews the book Little Buddhas: Children and Childhoods in Buddhist Texts and Traditions. It first gives an overview of the contents, altogether nineteen articles discussing children and childhood in Buddhist texts and traditions. Subsequently, the concepts of kākuṭṭepaka pabbajjā and upāsaka pravrajyā, presented in one of the articles, are discussed in more detail.Keywords
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