Power, wealth and women in Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism :
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008Description: xv, 177 pISBN: 9781138744097Subject(s): Authority | Wealth | Women in Buddhism | Mahayana BuddhismDDC classification: 294.385 Summary: 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.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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