Osto, Douglas,
Power, wealth and women in Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism : - London ; New York : Routledge, 2008. - xv, 177 p. ; - Routledge critical studies in Buddhism .
This book presents the most detailed and theoretically sophisticated study of the important Mahayana Buddhist scripture Gandavyuha-sutra. The author puts forward a new approach to the study of Mahayana Buddhist sources, the ‘systems approach’, by which literature is viewed as embedded in a social system and he analyses the key themes of power, wealth and women to its social context in ancient India.
9781138744097
Authority
Wealth
Women in Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism
294.385 / OST/P
Power, wealth and women in Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism : - London ; New York : Routledge, 2008. - xv, 177 p. ; - Routledge critical studies in Buddhism .
This book presents the most detailed and theoretically sophisticated study of the important Mahayana Buddhist scripture Gandavyuha-sutra. The author puts forward a new approach to the study of Mahayana Buddhist sources, the ‘systems approach’, by which literature is viewed as embedded in a social system and he analyses the key themes of power, wealth and women to its social context in ancient India.
9781138744097
Authority
Wealth
Women in Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism
294.385 / OST/P