Padma Holt / Barber Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7814-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 225 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Explores the importance of Buddhism as it developed in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra (modern-day Andhra Pradesh) and its influence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Padma Holt, Sree

Barber, A. W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration Introduction
Sree Padma and A. W. Barber 1. Material Culture and the Emergence of Urban Buddhism in Andhra
Sree Padma 2. Of Tempted Arhats and Supermundane Buddhas: Abhidharma in the Krishna Region
Bart Dessein 3. Amaravati As Lens: Envisioning Buddhism in the Ruins of the Great Stupa
Jacob N. Kinnard 4. Buddhism in Andhra and Its Influence on Buddhism in Sri Lanka
Sree Padma and John Clifford Holt 5. Candrakirti on the Medieval Military Culture of South India
Karen C. Lang 6. Two Mahayana Developments Along the Krishna River
A. W. Barber 7. Dhanyakataka Revisited: Buddhist Politics in Post-Buddhist Andhra
Jonathan S. Walters Sanskrit Place Names
Biographies of Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sree Padma Holt is Administrative Director of the ISLE Program at Bowdoin College. She is the author of Costume, Coiffure, and Ornaments in the Temple Sculpture of Northern Andhra. A. W. Barber is Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Calgary. He is the editor of Tibetan Tripitaka, Taipei Edition.