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This study sutiates the medieval Chinese hagiographies of Asvaghoa, Nagarjuna, and Aryadeva in the context of Chinese religion, culture, and society of the time. It examines these sources not as windows into ancient Indian history but as valuable records of medieval Chinese efforts to define models...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Young, Stuart H., 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Chino
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2015.
Colección:Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 24.
Temas:
To 960
Buddhism > China > History > 581-960.
Buddhism > China > History > To 581.
Buddhist saints > Historiography.
Buddhist hagiography > China > History.
Bouddhisme > Chine > Histoire > 581-960.
Bouddhisme > Chine > Histoire > Jusqu'à 581.
Saints bouddhistes > Historiographie.
Hagiographie bouddhique > Chine > Histoire.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Buddhism > History.
Buddhism.
Buddhist hagiography.
China.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This study sutiates the medieval Chinese hagiographies of Asvaghoa, Nagarjuna, and Aryadeva in the context of Chinese religion, culture, and society of the time. It examines these sources not as windows into ancient Indian history but as valuable records of medieval Chinese efforts to define models of Buddhist sanctity.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780824854287
0824854284
9780824868598
0824868595

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