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Buddha Legend

Buddha Legend is a literary and mythographical construct within Buddhist hagiography that distinguishes itself by narrating the supernatural, symbolic, and doctrinally significant events in the life of the Buddha, thereby serving as a foundational narrative framework shaping religious identity and devotional practice.

38

Publications

1.4K

Citations

39

Authors

10

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

Parents

Publications

38

Living Buddha, Living Christ

Robert Aitken, Thích Nhất Hạnh · Buddhist-Christian Studies · 1997 · 213 citations

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The Life of Buddha as Legend and History

Nature · 1927 · 117 citations

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The legend and cult of Upagupta: Sanskrit Buddhism in North India and Southeast Asia

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 113 citations

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The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography

Robert Ford Campany, John Kieschnick · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 2001 · 107 citations · Full text

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Race Against Time: Racial Discourse and Irish History

Luke Gibbons · Oxford Literary Review · 1991 · 99 citations

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Authors

39

  1. MS
    Masaru Sekino

    Independent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Japan

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  2. RF
    Robert Ford Campany

    Indiana University, United States

    2 publications · 145 citations

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  3. LP
    Lobsang P. Lhalunga

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  4. JL
    Janice Leoshko

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  5. SJ
    S. J. Tambiah

    Harvard University Press, United States

    1 publications · 33 citations

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Institutions

10

  1. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  2. Colgate University

    Hamilton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  3. Georgia College & State University

    Milledgeville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  4. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  5. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  6. Independent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. John Brown University

    Siloam Springs, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  8. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the American Oriental Society

    5 publications · 180 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 275 citations

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  3. Studies in Conservation

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  4. History of Religions

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  5. Buddhist-Christian Studies

    2 publications · 228 citations

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