The Legend and Cult of Upagupta: Sanskrit Buddhism in North India and Southeast Asia

Contents\nFigures and Tables\nPreface\nNote and Abbreviations\nIntroduction\nPART ONE. Upagupta in India\nCHAPTER ONE. Provisions for the Buddha\'s Absence\nCHAPTER TWO. Monk and Monkey: Upagupta\'s Karmic Past\nCHAPTER THREE. Birth and Lineage, Patriarchs, and the Forest-Monk Tradition\nCHAPTER FOUR. Lay Life, Ordination, and Arhatship\nCHAPTER FIVE. Upagupta and Mara: Bhakti and the Buddha Body\nCHAPTER SIX. Master-Disciple Relations\nCHAPTER SEVEN. Upagupta and Ásoka\nPART TWO. Upagupta in Southeast Asia\nCHAPTER EIGHT. The Southeast Asian Context: Upagupta and Theravada Orthodoxy\nCHAPTER NINE. The Lokapaññatti Legend\nCHAPTER TEN. Mythic Elaborations and Ritual Developments\nCHAPTER ELEVEN. Upagupta and the Arhat Cults\nCHAPTER TWELVE. Communal Cults: Upagupta as Protector of Festivals\nCHAPTER THIRTEEN. Personal Rewards and Domestic Rites\nConspectus and Conclusion\nNotes\nGlossary\nBibliography of Works Cited\nIndex