Nāgārjuna in context : Mahāyāna Buddhism and early Indian culture /

Nāgārjuna in context : Mahāyāna Buddhism and early Indian culture /

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Author / Creator:Walser, Joseph, author.
Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
Description:1 online resource (369 pages) : maps
Language:English
Subject:
Nāgārjuna, -- active 2nd century.
Nāgārjuna, -- active 2nd century.
Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
Mahayana Buddhism.
Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
Mahayana Buddhism.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11162819
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ISBN:0231506236
9780231506236
9780231131643
023113164X
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-356) and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Joseph Walser provides the first examination of Nagarjuna's life and writings in the context of the religious and monastic debates of the second century CE. Walser explores how Nagarjuna secured the canonical authority of Mahayana teachings and considers his use of rhetoric to ensure the transmission of his writings by Buddhist monks. Drawing on close textual analysis of Nagarjuna's writings and other Buddhist and non-Buddhist sources, Walser offers an original contribution to the understanding of Nagarjuna and the early history of Buddhism.
Other form:Print version: Walser, Joseph. Nāgārjuna in context. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005 023113164X
Standard no.:10.7312/wals13164
Publisher's no.:EB00639295 Recorded Books
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Locating Mahayana
  • 2. Locating Nagarjuna
  • 3. Mahayana and the Constraints of Monastic Law
  • 4. Mahayana Sutras as Monastic Property
  • 5. On the Parasitic Strategies of Mahayana
  • 6. Abhidharma and Sectarian Identity
  • 7. Nagarjuna and the Abhidharma Conclusion: Toward the Outline of a Career
  • Appendix: The Authorship of the Ratnava
  • Notes
  • Bibliography

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