Ajivika's Laughter

Name: Ajivika's Laughter
Brand: BLACK EAGLE BOOKS
SKU: 9781645601975
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Автор: Surendra Mohanty, Sambit Panigrahi

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Корици: С меки корици

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Dispelled from Buddhist community of 'Mahabana Vihara' because of their deviant behaviour, Upananda...

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Автор

Surendra Mohanty, Sambit Panigrahi

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2021

страници

188

EAN

9781645601975

ISBN

1645601978

Enbook ID

36637446

Издател

BLACK EAGLE BOOKS

Теглоt

245

Размери

140 x 216 x 11

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Dispelled from Buddhist community of 'Mahabana Vihara' because of their deviant behaviour, Upananda and Kshema, roam through jungles and cities to ultimately become the leaders of a deviant group of disciples who purposely defy Buddhism's principles of renunciation and self-abnegation. Such deviation culminates in a confrontation between the principle-abiding older disciples and the deviant younger ones who desire to live free and licentious lives, going against the restrictive religious proscriptions of their community. This conflict is the central theme of Surendra Mohanty's Odia novel Ajibakara Attahasya (translated into English as Ajivika's Laughter by Sambit Panigrahi) and it defines the novel's unique and vibrant character. Ultimately, this internal ideological conflict in the community culminates in a mega-Buddhist council arranged by monarch Ashoka in Baisali where the older and younger disciples confront, argue and debate for their respective sides and finally, the younger disciples win this religious battle. Monarch Ashoka supports and patronizes the latter and provides them with all material benefits and pleasures of worldly life, and by doing so, he becomes their chief religious patron. With their help and support, he not only rectifies his tarnished 'Chandashoka' image, but also tactfully maintains his kingdom's territorial integrity by turning his citizens into compulsive religious subjects such that any possibility of internal rebellion could be completely nullified.

The novel possesses a unique character as it depicts not only the progressive decline of Buddhism as a religion after the demise of its prophet, but also its strategic use by monarch Ashoka to maintain the territorial integrity of his vast and expansive empire. In doing so, the novel not only punctures the celebratory, transformed and religious image that History has benevolently attributed to monarch Ashoka, but also challenges its monopoly over truth thereby presenting alternative versions of History that do exist, yet go unrecognized.

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