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Early Buddhist Society : The World of Gautama Buddha / Xinru Liu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liu, Xinru, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--History--To ca. 100 A.D.
- Buddhism.
- India--Social life and customs--To 1200.
- India.
- India--History--324 B.C.-1000 A.D.
- Gautama Buddha.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- A richly scholarly yet accessible and imaginative account of society in the time of the Buddha.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- 1 The Time of the Buddha
- South Asia from the Buddha to Ashoka
- Sakyamuni and the Sakya People
- The Buddha's Supporters in Cities
- Forests, Mountains, and Waters
- The Sangha of the Buddha and His Society
- 2 Ahura and Asura: Persians and Indians in the Time of the Buddha
- The Presence of the Persian Empire
- Zoroastrianism in Persia and India
- Persians in Greater Gandara
- Looking from the Ganges
- Asuras Among the Buddhists
- 3 The Maladies of Urban Life: Epidemics, Asava, and the Problem of Addiction
- Jivaka the Physician in the New Cities
- Health Conditions: Personal Hygiene and Environmental Sanitation
- Drugs as Medicine and Addiction
- Soma, Haoma, Asava
- 4 Supporters in the Cities: Gahapati, Setthi, Visakha, and Women Who Fed the Sangha
- 5 Bimbisara, Pasenadi, Ajatasattu, and the Vajji Rajas
- 6 Queens and the Buddhist Sangha
- Ambapali, Stateswoman of the Vajji Ganasangha
- Maha Pajapati, Matriarch of the Sakya Ganasangha
- Khema, a Queen of Magadha
- Mallika, Queen of Kosala
- Samavati, Queen of Kosambi
- 7 Patacara and Refugees Who Fled from Cities
- 8 Newcomers from Forests, Mountains, and Waters
- 9 From Aryans to Candalas: A Mobile Hierarchy in the Buddhist Universe
- The Realm of the Devas
- The Realm of Humans
- The Realm of Asuras
- The Realm of Animals
- The Realm of Ghosts and Hell
- 10 Sanchi and Bharhut: Visual Memories of Early Buddhist Society
- Bibliography
- Pali Canon Referred to in the Text
- Inscriptional Sources
- Visual Sources of Ancient Indian Monuments
- Secondary Sources
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Liu, Xinru Early Buddhist Society
- ISBN:
- 9781438491240
- 1438491247
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