List of Illustrations .......................................... ix
Conventions .................................................... xi
Acknowledgments .............................................. xiii
Introduction .................................................... 3
1 "A Mother's Heart Is Tender": Buddhist Depictions of
Mother-Love ................................................. 11
2 "Whose Heart Was Maddened by the Loss of Her Child":
Mothers in Grief ............................................ 36
3 "Whose Womb Shall I Enter Today?": Māyā as Idealized
Birth-Giver ................................................. 66
4 "Who Breastfed the Blessed One after His Mother Had Died":
Nurturance, Guilt, and Debt in the Traditions Surrounding
Mahāprajāpatī ............................................... 86
5 "Short-Lived" versus "Long-Standing": Māyā and
Mahāprajāpatī Compared ..................................... 113
6 "She Is the Mother and Begetter of the Conquerors":
Pregnancy, Gestation, and Enlightenment .................... 134
7 "Just as a Mother's Milk Flows from Her Breasts":
Breastfeeding and Compassionate Deeds ...................... 165
8 "What Here Is the Merit, May That Be for My Parents":
Motherhood on the Ground ................................... 180
Conclusion .................................................... 204
Abbreviations ................................................. 213
Notes ......................................................... 215
Bibliography .................................................. 243
Index ......................................................... 257
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