| Author: | Gregory Schopen |
| Subtitle: | Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy and Texts of Indian Buddhism |
| No of Pages: | 262 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Year of Publication: | 1999 |
| File Size: | 63 MB |
| Permission: | Sourced from A Handful of Leaves Library (www.ahandfulofleaves.org/library). |
| Blurb: | The author problematizes many assumptions about the lay-monastic distinction by demonstrating that monks and nuns participated actively in a wide range of ritual practices and institutions that have heretofore been judged popular. This represents the basis for a new historiography of Buddhism. |
| Notes: | Index. Bibliography. |
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