Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Technical Details and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Incest and Schism -- The Creation of Sects in Early Buddhism -- The Story of Mahadeva -- The Buddhist Context of Sin -- Mahadeva in Other Sources -- Schism Accounts in Buddhist Doxographies -- The Story of Dharmaruci -- Abuse and Victimhood -- Persian Perversities -- The Bedtrick -- Retelling Dharmaruci's Story -- Dharmaruci in Other Sources -- Incest in Indian Buddhist Culture -- The Story of Utpalavarnâ -- The "Indian Oedipus" -- Joseph and the Wife of Potiphar -- Further Dimensions of the Oedipal in India -- The Medieval European Oedipal Judas -- Why Incest Taboos? -- Forging Mahadeva -- Notes -- Glossary -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author.