Brides of the Buddha

Brides of the Buddha

Editura
An publicare
2017
Nr. Pagini
240
ISBN
9781498511452
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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.

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