[INDOLOGY] The Buddha's body in a vat of oil

[Artur Karp]

Dear Professors,

John S. Strong's "Relics of the Buddha" is slightly earlier (2004) than
both the papers you mention (2009). I do not have access to  them. Do they
bring any new data re the funeral ceremony of the Buddha - as described and
discussed in detail by Strong?

If you, by any chance, possess the PDFs of them, I'd be extremely grateful
for the opportunity to read them

The sudden appearance of the iron tub in the MPSutta (808, 811) raises the
question of its original purpose. When filled with oil - couldn't it be
used to quench iron?

Respects,

Artur Karp


wt., 20 lis 2018 o 23:02 Walter Slaje <slaje at kabelmail.de> napisał(a):

> > frying him like french fries
>
> those who are never averse to joking yet take a more serious interest in
> this matter are advised to study the paper of Oskar von Hinüber: Cremated
> Like a King. The Funeral of the Buddha within the Ancient Indian Cultural
> Context. JICPBS 13. 2009, pp. 33-66.
>
> Regards, WS
>
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> Am Di., 20. Nov. 2018 um 18:39 Uhr schrieb Tieken, H.J.H. via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info>:
>
>> Dear Artur,
>> I assume you know Johannes Bronkhorst's article in AS/EA LXIII/I (2009),
>> pp. 7-27, "Hendrik Kern and the body of the Buddha"
>> I think it is very unlikely that the Buddha's body, or that of any other
>> king (Daśaratha in Rām 2.60.12-14, 2.70.4) was laid down in a tub filled
>> with hot oil, frying him like french fries. We are dealing with a process
>> of embalming.
>>
>> Herman
>>
>>
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>> *Verzonden:* dinsdag 20 november 2018 17:14
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>> *Onderwerp:* [INDOLOGY] The Buddha's body in a vat of oil
>>
>> pali tela-doni, sanskrit taila-droni.
>>
>> Was the body placed in cold - or hot oil?
>>
>> Any mention of the oil's temperature in the accessible sources?
>>
>> Artur Karp (ret)
>> Chair of South Asian Studies,
>> University of Warsaw
>> Poland
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