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Voice of the Buddha : Buddhaghosa on the immeasurable words / Maria Heim.
LIBRA BQ366 .H45 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heim, Maria, 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhaghosa.
- Theravāda Buddhism.
- Physical Description:
- x, 274 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Voice of the Buddha is a study of the theories of scripture described and practiced by the 5th century thinker Buddhaghosa, the principal commentator of the Theravada intellectual tradition. By bringing to the fore Buddhaghosa's theories of texts and commentarial practices, Heim casts new light on early Pali texts and the commentarial system Buddhaghosa's work represents"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Buddha's omniscience and the immeasurability of scripture
- Scripture, commentary, and exegetical distinctions
- Interpreting the contexts and conditions of Buddhavacana in the Suttanta
- Disentangling the tangle : Abhidhamma as phenomenological analysis
- The "completely pleasing" exegesis on the Vinaya.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Heim, Maria, 1969- Voice of the Buddha.
- ISBN:
- 9780190906658
- 0190906650
- OCLC:
- 1028585500
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