Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism

Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 303
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ISBN-10 : 9789004201408
ISBN-13 : 9004201408
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Book Synopsis Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism by : Johannes Bronkhorst

Download or read book Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism written by Johannes Bronkhorst and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the confrontation of Buddhism and Brahmanism in India. Both depended on support from the royal court, but Buddhism had less to offer in return than Brahmanism. Buddhism developed in a manner to make up for this.

How the Brahmins Won

How the Brahmins Won
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 590
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ISBN-10 : 9789004315518
ISBN-13 : 9004315519
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Book Synopsis How the Brahmins Won by : Johannes Bronkhorst

Download or read book How the Brahmins Won written by Johannes Bronkhorst and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first study to systematically confront the question how Brahmanism, which was geographically limited and under threat during the final centuries BCE, transformed itself and spread all over South and Southeast Asia. Brahmanism spread over this vast area without the support of an empire, without the help of conquering armies, and without the intermediary of religious missionaries. This phenomenon has no parallel in world history, yet shaped a major portion of the surface of the earth for a number of centuries. This book focuses on the formative period of this phenomenon, roughly between Alexander and the Guptas.

Buddhist Teaching in India

Buddhist Teaching in India
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9780861718115
ISBN-13 : 0861718119
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Book Synopsis Buddhist Teaching in India by : Johannes Bronkhorst

Download or read book Buddhist Teaching in India written by Johannes Bronkhorst and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest records we have today of what the Buddha said were written down several centuries after his death, and the body of teachings attributed to him continued to evolve in India for centuries afterward across a shifting cultural and political landscape. As one tradition within a diverse religious milieu that included even the Greek kingdoms of northwestern India, Buddhism had many opportunities to both influence and be influenced by competing schools of thought. Even within Buddhism, a proliferation of interpretive traditions produced a dynamic intellectual climate. Johannes Bronkhorst here tracks the development of Buddhist teachings both within the larger Indian context and among Buddhism's many schools, shedding light on the sources and trajectory of such ideas as dharma theory, emptiness, the bodhisattva ideal, buddha nature, formal logic, and idealism. In these pages, we discover the roots of the doctrinal debates that have animated the Buddhist tradition up until the present day.

Greater Magadha

Greater Magadha
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 437
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ISBN-10 : 9789004157194
ISBN-13 : 9004157190
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Greater Magadha by : Johannes Bronkhorst

Download or read book Greater Magadha written by Johannes Bronkhorst and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a detailed analysis of the available cultural and chronological data, this book overturns traditional ideas about the cultural history of India and proposes a different picture instead. The idea of a unilinear development out of Brahmanism, in particular, is challenged.

BUDDHISM ITS CONNEXION WITH BRAHMANISM AND HINDUISM

BUDDHISM ITS CONNEXION WITH BRAHMANISM AND HINDUISM
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Total Pages : 620
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ISBN-10 : OXFORD:N13221644
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Book Synopsis BUDDHISM ITS CONNEXION WITH BRAHMANISM AND HINDUISM by : Sir Monier Monier-Williams

Download or read book BUDDHISM ITS CONNEXION WITH BRAHMANISM AND HINDUISM written by Sir Monier Monier-Williams and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Language and Reality

Language and Reality
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 184
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ISBN-10 : 9789004204744
ISBN-13 : 9004204741
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Book Synopsis Language and Reality by : Johannes Bronkhorst

Download or read book Language and Reality written by Johannes Bronkhorst and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a number of centuries Indian philosophers of all persuasions were convinced that there was a particularly close connection between language and reality, also, or even primarily, between sentences and the situations they describe. This shared conviction was responsible for a perceived problem. Different currents in Indian philosophy can be understood as different attempts to solve this problem; these include the satkāryavāda of the Sāṃkhyas, the anekāntavāda of the Jainas, the śūnyavāda of the Buddhists, and many others. By bringing to light the shared problem underlying almost all schools of Indian philosophy, this book shows the interconnectedness of currents that had hitherto been thought of as quite independent of each other.

2500 Years of Buddhism

2500 Years of Buddhism
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Publisher : Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 9788123023045
ISBN-13 : 8123023049
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Book Synopsis 2500 Years of Buddhism by : P.V. Bapat

Download or read book 2500 Years of Buddhism written by P.V. Bapat and published by Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. This book was released on with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the life of Buddha