Metaphor and literalism in Buddhism : the doctrinal history of nirvana / / Hwang, Soonil
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| Autore: |
Hwang Soon-il <1968, >
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| Titolo: |
Metaphor and literalism in Buddhism : the doctrinal history of nirvana / / Hwang, Soonil
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| Pubblicazione: | Taylor & Francis, 2006 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2006 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 294.3423 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nirvana |
| Agama | |
| Utopias - Religious aspects - Buddhism | |
| Buddhism - Doctrines | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | History |
| Soggetto non controllato: | early |
| canon | |
| nirvana | |
| theory | |
| metaphorical | |
| structure | |
| elements | |
| louis | |
| delas | |
| buddhist | |
| Note generali: | Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-157) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. NIRVANA AND ITS REFERENCE; 2. THE TWO NIRVANA THEORY IN THE EARLY CANON; 3. DEVELOPMENTS OF THE TWO NIRAVANA THEORY; 4. NIRVANA IN THE THERAVADA BUDDHIST TRADITION; 5. NIRAVANA IN NORTHERN BUDDHIST SCHOOLS; 6. CONCLUSION; SELECTED SOURCES FOR THE NIRVANA CONCEPT AND THE TWO NIRVANA THEORY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese aagama and its traditional interpretation. He clarifies early doctrinal developments of Nirvana and traces the word and related terms back to their original metaphorical contexts, elucidating diverse interpretations and doctrinal and philosophical developments in the abhidharma exegeses and treatises of Southern and Northern Buddhist schools. The book finally examines which school, if any, kept the original meaning and re |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Metaphor and literalism in Buddhism |
| ISBN: | 1-134-25434-2 |
| 1-134-25435-0 | |
| 1-280-54946-7 | |
| 9786610549467 | |
| 0-203-00193-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910765617403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge critical studies in Buddhism.