Malleable Mara: Transformation of a Buddhist Symbol of Evil, by Michael D. Nichols

Authors

  • Shona Stockton University of Lancaster Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.20911

Keywords:

Māra, Buddhism, Brahmanical background, the Evil One, didactic, shape-shifting, demonizing

Abstract

Malleable Mara: Transformation of a Buddhist Symbol of Evil, by Michael D. Nichols. New York: State University of New York Press, 2019. xv + 251 pp. $85 (hb). ISBN 978-1-4384-7321-5.

Author Biography

  • Shona Stockton, University of Lancaster

    Shona Stockton, University of Lancaster, UK

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Published

2021-11-17

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Book Reviews

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How to Cite

Stockton, S. . (2021). Malleable Mara: Transformation of a Buddhist Symbol of Evil, by Michael D. Nichols. Religions of South Asia, 15(1), 105–107. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.20911