The ascetic lifestyle in the early Indian buddhist monastery : a study of the Dhūtaguna practices in the Vinaya tradition
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This study examines the role played by the set of ascetic precepts known as the dhutagunas in early Indian Buddhist monastic communities. Although there are numerous references to the dhutagunas found throughout the monastic discourses which comprise the Buddhist Vinaya (law codes), modern scholarship has largely rejected the notion that the dhutagunas could have been regarded by members of the monastic community as anything other than vestigial ideals received from the non-Buddhist ascetic milieu. This dissertation challenges the premise that the dhutagunas were merely vestiges from non-Buddhist communities, arguing instead that the editors of the Vinaya viewed the ascetic precepts as practices common to the lifestyle of the early Buddhist monk.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Witkowski, Nicholas | |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Religious Studies. | |
| Primary advisor | Harrison, Paul M. (Paul Maxwell), 1950- | |
| Primary advisor | Kieschnick, John, 1964- | |
| Thesis advisor | Harrison, Paul M. (Paul Maxwell), 1950- | |
| Thesis advisor | Kieschnick, John, 1964- | |
| Thesis advisor | Bielefeldt, Carl | |
| Thesis advisor | Freiberger, Oliver | |
| Advisor | Bielefeldt, Carl | |
| Advisor | Freiberger, Oliver |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Nicholas Witkowski. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Religious Studies. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2015. |
| Location | electronic resource |
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- Copyright
- © 2015 by Nicholas Peter Witkowski
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