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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454932903321

Autore

McDaniel Justin

Titolo

Gathering leaves & lifting words [[electronic resource] ] : histories of Buddhist monastic education in Laos and Thailand / / Justin Thomas McDaniel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2008

ISBN

0-295-98922-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Collana

Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies

Disciplina

294.3/7509593

Soggetti

Buddhism - Study and teaching - Laos - History

Buddhism - Study and teaching - Thailand - History

Buddhist monks - Education - Laos - History

Buddhist monks - Education - Thailand - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-345) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note on Transcription""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I Structural Mechanisms: The Institutional History of Monastic Education""; ""1 From the Sala Vat to the Institut Bouddhique""; ""2 Wandering Librarians""; ""3 Kings and Universities""; ""Part II Proximate Mechanisms: Toward a Curricular History of Monastic Education""; ""4 Genres, Modes, and Idiosyncratic Articulations""; ""5 The Culture of Translation""; ""6 Canons and Curricula""; ""Part III: Vernacular Landscapes: Teaching Buddhism in Laos and Thailand""; ""7 From Manuscript to Television""

""8 Philosophical Embryology""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Note on Manuscripts, Archives, Monastic Libraries, and Catalogs""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""