Living with the dead as a way of life : a materialist historiographical approach to cemetery asceticism in Indian Buddhist monasticisms

This study challenges the long-standing scholarly conception that ascetic practice was incompatible with the institutional imperatives of the Indian Buddhist monastery in the “middle period.” Drawing upon the rich narrative tradition in Indian Buddhist law codes (Vinaya), I employ a new hermeneutica...

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Main Author: Witkowski, Nicholas
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143740