| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) |
| Contents |
Models of speaking: Buddhas and monks -- Models of instruction: preachers perfect and imperfect -- Models of argument: epistemology and interpretation -- Models of explication: commentarial guides |
| Summary |
As with many religious and philosophical traditions, Buddhist intellectual discourse owes its development to a dynamic interplay of primary source material and subsequent interpretation, yet until now Buddhist scholarship has neglected to privilege one crucial series of texts. Commentaries on Buddhist scripture, particularly the sutras, written by seminal thinkers across the history of Indian Buddhism, contain myriad insights into the relationship between textual analysis and ritual practice. Evaluating these commentaries in detail for the first time, Richard F. Nance revisits-and rewrite |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Buddhist literature -- India -- History and criticism
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Buddhism -- India -- History
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RELIGION -- General.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Buddhism
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Buddhist literature
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India
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011015986 |
| ISBN |
9780231526678 |
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0231526679 |
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1280599766 |
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9781280599767 |
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9786613629609 |
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661362960X |
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