Todd Lewis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3617562 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Todd Lewis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Todd |
| FAMILY NAME | Lewis |
| SIGNATURE | LEWIS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of the Holy Cross |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1910 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Buddhist Practice in Central Asia/Himalayas
This chapter summarizes the history of Buddhism across the arc of territory defined by the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges. It surveys the earliest sources and accounts of the tradition entering the small communities that formed in this frontier region between the Tibetan plateau and the Indus-Gangetic plains. The importance of the Kashmir Valley and the Kathmandu Valley is highlighted, including recent developments in the latter, where …
Theodore Riccardi, Jr. (1937–2020)
Teaching and Learning Guide for Avadānas and Jātakas in the Newar Tradition of the Kathmandu Valley
AvadānasandJātakasin the Newar Tradition of the Kathmandu Valley
Among all the Sanskrit story narratives available in the vast archive of textual collections in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, certain Buddhist tales among them found special provenance in the Mahāyāna culture of the Newars, the indigenous inhabitants of this surviving oasis of later Indic Hindu-Buddhist civilization. This paper will examine how two stories, theSṛṇgabheri Avadānaand the Siṃhalasārthabāhu Avadāna, have been domesticated into the loc…
Lumbinī
The chapter begins with a description of the natural landscape of Lumbinī, the birthplace of Shakyamuni, the one destined to be the Buddha. The forest in springtime is evoked through many images common to kavya poetry, including the flowering trees, the animals of the forest, and buzzing bees and swooping birds. The verses present a scenic picture and highlight Chittadhar's skills as a romantic poet. The mellow light of the sun, the merry notes o…
Social/Cultural Anthropology
The Changing Practice Of The Oglala Medicine Man
Among the most durable elements of tribal culture are the quasi-secret ceremonial procedures of the medicine man, surviving the Conquest, suppression, and various revivalist movements almost intact, and retaining rituals possibly dating to the Pleistocene. Consciously rejected aspects of Christian training have reappeared in modified form, as in a wedding ceremony here described. Other syncretisms can be traced to the political activism of recent…
The Settlement of Disputes Among the Mine Workers
The Settlement of Disputes Among the Mine Workers
The Changing Practice Of The Oglala Medicine Man
Among the most durable elements of tribal culture are the quasi-secret ceremonial procedures of the medicine man, surviving the Conquest, suppression, and various revivalist movements almost intact, and retaining rituals possibly dating to the Pleistocene. Consciously rejected aspects of Christian training have reappeared in modified form, as in a wedding ceremony here described. Other syncretisms can be traced to the political activism of recent…
Social/Cultural Anthropology
Lumbinī
The chapter begins with a description of the natural landscape of Lumbinī, the birthplace of Shakyamuni, the one destined to be the Buddha. The forest in springtime is evoked through many images common to kavya poetry, including the flowering trees, the animals of the forest, and buzzing bees and swooping birds. The verses present a scenic picture and highlight Chittadhar's skills as a romantic poet. The mellow light of the sun, the merry notes o…
Teaching and Learning Guide for Avadānas and Jātakas in the Newar Tradition of the Kathmandu Valley
AvadānasandJātakasin the Newar Tradition of the Kathmandu Valley
Among all the Sanskrit story narratives available in the vast archive of textual collections in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, certain Buddhist tales among them found special provenance in the Mahāyāna culture of the Newars, the indigenous inhabitants of this surviving oasis of later Indic Hindu-Buddhist civilization. This paper will examine how two stories, theSṛṇgabheri Avadānaand the Siṃhalasārthabāhu Avadāna, have been domesticated into the loc…
Theodore Riccardi, Jr. (1937–2020)
Buddhist Practice in Central Asia/Himalayas
This chapter summarizes the history of Buddhism across the arc of territory defined by the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges. It surveys the earliest sources and accounts of the tradition entering the small communities that formed in this frontier region between the Tibetan plateau and the Indus-Gangetic plains. The importance of the Kashmir Valley and the Kathmandu Valley is highlighted, including recent developments in the latter, where …
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