Guardian of a Dying Flame: Śāriputra (C. 1335-1426) and the End of Late Indian Buddhism

by Arthur McKeown

Arthur McKeown presents the first full-length analysis of the continuation of Buddhism in India after the thirteenth century. This study describes later Indian Buddhism through a detailed examination of the life of Śāriputra (c. 1335-1426), the last known abbot of the Bodhgayā Mahāvihāra, whose very presence extends Indian Buddhism by two centuries. This work also provides a view into the legacy of Indian Buddhism in fifteenth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674984358
• ISBN13: 9780674984356
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.1"