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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Autore principale: Witkowski, Nicholas
Altri autori: School of Humanities
Natura: Journal Article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 2020
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Accesso online:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143740