Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India

by Gregory Schopen

Book Overview

The present volume provides an essential foundation for a social history of Indian Buddhist monasticism. Challenging the popular stereotype that represented the accumulation of merit as the domain of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824818709
• ISBN13: 9780824818708
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"