Brides of the Buddha

Autor

Karen Muldoon Hules

Editura

Lexington Books

An publicare

2017

Nr. Pagini

240

ISBN

9781498511452

Categorii

In Limbi Străine

Descriere

This study uses ten stories from the Avadanasataka, the collection of Buddhist narratives compiled from the second to fifth centuries CE, to examine the social landscape of early India. The author analyzes marital customs and the development of nuns' hagiographies, while revealing regional variations of Buddhism in South Asia during this period.