Sanskrit Buddhism in Burma

Sanskrit Buddhism in Burma

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 130 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9789748299815
  • DDC分類 294.3

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The second part of a trilogy of books by Niharranjan Ray on religion in Burma, this text offers an examination of the influence and development of Mahayana Buddhism, from its Sarvastivadin roots to Tantrayana. This monograph explores the influence of Mahayana, Tantric, and other northern Buddhist schools on early Burmese Buddhist traditions. In completing this important study, distinguished Indian scholar Niharranjan Ray draws not only on Sanskrit literary sources but also on a wide range of archaeological evidence, epigraphical remains, sculptures, and

Contents

Sarvastivada in ancient Prome; Sanskrit inscriptions - Sanskrit Buddhist texts; gods and goddesses of northern Buddhism; the Ari sect and the Samanakuttakas, tantric Buddhism in Burma; testimony of Buddhist monks; Taranatha and Buddhagupta; when and whence did Sanskrit Buddhism penetrate Burma? - epigraphic records and iconographic evidence.