Remaking Buddhism for medieval Nepal : the fifteenth-century reformation of Newar Buddhism
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Remaking Buddhism for medieval Nepal : the fifteenth-century reformation of Newar Buddhism
（Routledge critical studies in Buddhism）
Routledge, 2012
- : pbk
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Originally published 2006
"First issued in paperback 2012"--T. p. verso
"... published in association with the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies"--P. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-230) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Will Tuladhar-Douglas sheds new light on an important branch of Mahayana Buddhism and establishes the existence, character and causes of a renaissance of Buddhism in the fifteenth century in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. He provides the basis for the historical study of Newar Buddhism as one distinct tradition among the many that comprise Indic Buddhism. Through a thorough study of the relevant texts in the classical Himalayan languages (Sanskrit, Newari, Tibetan and Nepali), the book puts forward a new thesis about how the Newars legitimated and reinvented their tradition by devising new concepts of canonicity, as such it will appeal to scholars of the history and philology of Buddhism.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Form, Genre and Dating 3. Authority and Insecurity 4. Historical Considerations 5. Amoghapasa and the Posadha Vrata 6. Conclusion
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