Sanskrit Buddhism in north India and Southeast Asia /
First Statement of Responsibility
John S. Strong.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Princeton, N.J. :
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Princeton University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c1992.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xviii, 390 p. :
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ill. ;
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25 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-376) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Upagupta in India -- Provisions for the Buddha's Absence -- Monk and Monkey: Upagupta's Karmic Past -- Birth and Lineage, Patriarchs, and the Forest-Monk Tradition -- Lay Life, Ordination, and Arhatship -- Upagupta and Mara: Bhakti and the Buddha Body -- Master-Disciple Relations -- Upagupta and Asoka -- Upagupta in Southeast Asia -- The Southeast Asian Context: Upagupta and Theravada Orthodoxy -- The Lokapannatti Legend -- Mythic Elaborations and Ritual Developments -- Upagupta and the Arhat Cults -- Communal Cults: Upagupta as Protector of Festivals -- Personal Rewards and Domestic Rites.