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Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-Century Lankan Monastic Culture - Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series
Blackburn, Anne M., PhD
Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-Century Lankan Monastic Culture - Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series
Blackburn, Anne M., PhD
Comparing eighteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhist monastic education to medieval Christian and other contexts, this book examines such issues as bilingual commentarial practice, the relationship between clerical and "popular" religious cultures, and the place of preaching in the constitution of "textual communities".
256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | June 18, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780691070445 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 248 |
Dimensions | 152 × 235 × 15 mm · 510 g |
Language | English |
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