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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      29 August 2010
      25 February 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511706912
      9781108007979
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      (216 x 140 mm)
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      0.78kg, 620 Pages
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    Book description

    This book derives from a series of lectures given in 1888 by Monier Monier-Williams, who was Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford for over 30 years and whose work broke new ground in the Western understanding of Buddhism and other South Asian religions. This substantial historical survey of Buddhism begins with an account of the Buddha and his earliest teaching, as well as a brief description of the origin and composition of the scriptures containing the Buddha's law (Dharma). Monier-Williams explains the early constitution of the Buddha's order of monks (Sangha), and outlines the philosophical doctrines of Buddhism together with its code of morality and theory of perfection, culminating in Nirvana. He also describes formal and popular rituals and practices, and sacred places and objects. The book is an example of Victorian Orientalist scholarship which remains of interest to historians of religious studies, Orientalism, and the British Empire.

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    Contents

    • Frontmatter
      pp i-iv
    • Preface
      pp v-xiv
    • Postscript on the common error in regard to the comparative prevalence of Buddhism in the world
      pp xiv-xviii
    • Contents
      pp xix-xxviii
    • List of Illustrations
      pp xxix-xxx
    • Rules for Pronunciation
      pp xxxi-xxxi
    • Pronunciation of Buddha, etc. Addenda and Corrigenda
      pp xxxii-xxxii
    • LECTURE I - INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS
      pp 1-17
    • LECTURE II - THE BUDDHA AS A PERSONAL TEACHER
      pp 18-52
    • LECTURE III - THE DHARMA OR LAW AND SCRIPTURES OF BUDDHISM
      pp 53-70
    • LECTURE IV - THE SAṄGHA OR BUDDHIST ORDER OF MONKS
      pp 71-92
    • LECTURE V - THE PHILOSOPHICAL DOCTRINES OF BUDDHISM
      pp 93-122
    • LECTURE VI - THE MORALITY OF BUDDHISM AND ITS CHIEF AIM—ARHATSHIP OR NIRVĀṆA
      pp 123-146
    • LECTURE VII - CHANGES IN BUDDHISM AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE FROM INDIA
      pp 147-171
    • LECTURE VIII - RISE OF THEISTIC AND POLYTHEISTIC BUDDHISM
      pp 172-194
    • LECTURE IX - THEISTIC AND POLYTHEISTIC BUDDHISM
      pp 195-222
    • LECTURE X - MYSTRICAL BUDDHISM IN ITS CONNEXION WITH THE YOGA PHILOSOPHY
      pp 223-252
    • LECTURE XI - HIERARCHICAL BUDDHISM, ESPECIALLY AS DEVELOPED IN TIRET AND MONGOLIA
      pp 253-302
    • LECTURE XII - CEREMONIAL AND RITUALISTIC BUDDHISM
      pp 303-339
    • LECTURE XIII - FESTIVALS, DOMESTIC RITES, AND FORMULARIES OF PRAYERS
      pp 340-386
    • LECTURE XIV - SACRED PLACES
      pp 387-425
    • LECTURE XV - MONASTERIES AND TEMPLES
      pp 426-464
    • LECTURE XVI - IMAGES AND IDOLS
      pp 465-492
    • LECTURE XVII - SACRED OBJECTS
      pp 493-528
    • SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS ON THE CONNEXION OF BUDDHISM WITH JAINISM
      pp 529-536
    • LECTURE XVIII - BUDDHISM CONTRASTED WITH CHRISTIANITY
      pp 537-563
    • OBSERVE
      pp 564-564
    • Plate section

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