LEADER 04134oam 2200733I 450 001 9910790808903321 005 20240207145530.0 010 $a1-136-85922-5 010 $a1-138-86262-2 010 $a1-315-02904-9 010 $a1-136-85915-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315029047 035 $a(CKB)2550000001171393 035 $a(EBL)1581699 035 $a(OCoLC)866446186 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001129275 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11665986 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001129275 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11077120 035 $a(PQKB)10501833 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1581699 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1581699 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10823890 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL552793 035 $a(OCoLC)866837785 035 $a(OCoLC)1200507558 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB137697 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001171393 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReligious giving and the invention of karma in Theravada Buddhism /$fJames R. Egge 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (204 p.) 225 1 $aCurzon studies in Asian religion 225 0$aCurzon studies in Asian religion 300 $aFirst published in 2002 by Curzon Press. 311 $a0-7007-1506-1 311 $a1-306-21542-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Question and Method; Meritorious giving and mental purification: one path or two?; Sacrifice and karma in the suttas and in history; The plan of this book; Part One Sacrifice and Karma in Didactic Verse and Discursive Prose; Chapter One: The Discourse of Sacrifice; The structure of Brahmanical sacrifice; Almsgiving as meritorious sacrifice; Uposatha observance as meritorious votive asceticism; Almsgiving as transfer of sacrificial substance; Why sacrifice? 327 $aAnother ideology of the giftChapter Two: The Discourse of Karma; Karma in early Buddhist prose literature; Representations of Vedic sacrifice in karmic prose; The reduction of sacrifice to karma; Why karma?; The invention of karma in ancient South Asia; Part Two Sacrifice and Karma in Narrative; Chapter Three: The Centrality of Sacrifice in Vima?navatthu and Petavatthu; Meritorious and demeritorious acts; Eschatology and cosmology; The attainment of nirva?na; The dedication of dakisna?; Representations of givers 327 $aChapter Four: The Commentaries' Karmic Retelling of the Vima?navatthu and Petavatthu NarrativesMeritorious and demeritorious acts; Eschatology and cosmology; The dedication of daksina? and the dedication of merit; The social context of progress toward nirva?na; Chapter Five: Giving as Sacrifice, Karma, and Heroic Generosity in Si?halavatthuppakarana; Meritorious acts and their fruits; The attainment of nirva?na; Demeritorious acts and the dedication of gifts; The social context of giving and of progress toward nirva?na; Afterword: Doctrine and Narrative; Notes; Bibliography 327 $aEditions and translations of primary textsSecondary literature; Index 330 $aDemonstrates that Buddhists appropriated the practice, vocabulary, and ideology of sacrifice from Vedic religion, and discusses the relationship of this sacrificial discourse to ideas of karma in the Pali canon and in early Buddhism. 410 0$aRoutledge Studies in Asian Religion 606 $aKarma 606 $aTherava?da Buddhism$xDoctrines 606 $aGenerosity$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism 615 0$aKarma. 615 0$aTherava?da Buddhism$xDoctrines. 615 0$aGenerosity$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism. 676 $a294.391 700 $aEgge$b James R.$01463655 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790808903321 996 $aReligious giving and the invention of karma in Theravada Buddhism$93673035 997 $aUNINA