While Tamil-speaking South India is celebrated for its preservation of Hindu tradition, other religious communities have played a significant role in shaping the region’s religious history. Among these non-Hindu communities is that of the Buddhists, who are little-understood because of the scarcity of remnants of Tamil-speaking Buddhist culture. Here, focusing on the two Buddhist texts in Tamil that are complete (a sixth-century poetic narrative and an eleventh-century treatise on grammar and poetics), Monius sheds light on the role of literature and literary culture in the formation, articulation, and evolution of religious identity and community.
Język Angielski ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9780198032069 ● Wydawca Oxford University Press ● Opublikowany 2001 ● Do pobrania 6 czasy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 2279287 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Adobe DRM
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