Haunting the Buddha [[electronic resource] ] : Indian popular religions and the formation of Buddhism / / Robert DeCaroli
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| Autore: |
DeCaroli Robert
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| Titolo: |
Haunting the Buddha [[electronic resource] ] : Indian popular religions and the formation of Buddhism / / Robert DeCaroli
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii, 230 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 294.3/0934 |
| Soggetto topico: | Buddhism - India - History |
| Buddhist art - India | |
| Buddhist gods in art | |
| Art and mythology | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-220) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 1. Coming to Terms; 2. Making Believers; 3. Set in Stone; 4. Ghost Stories; 5. The Politics of Enlightenment; 6. Policing the Monastery; 7. Passage from India; 8. Confronting Their Demons; Notes; Bibliography; Index; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Robert DeCaroli seeks to place the formation of Buddhism in its appropriate social & political contexts, by analysis of the early monks & nuns, what beliefs they brought with them from their upbringing & how the new faith offered them revolutionary new mechanisms with which to engage minor deities & spirits. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Haunting the Buddha |
| ISBN: | 1-280-55905-5 |
| 9786610559053 | |
| 0-19-803765-1 | |
| 1-4237-2053-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465202503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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