Based on the author's thesis (University of Chicago).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"How did early Buddhists actually encounter the seminal texts of their religion? What were the attitudes held by monks and laypeople toward the written and oral Pali traditions? In this pioneering work, Daniel Veidlinger explores these questions in the context of the northern Thai kingdom of Lan Na. Drawing on a vast array of sources, including indigenous chronicles, reports by foreign visitors, inscriptions, and palm-leaf manuscripts, he traces the role of written Buddhist texts in the predominantly oral milieu of northern Thailand from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries."--Jacket.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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JSTOR
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22573/ctt62t70t
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Title
Spreading the Dhamma.
International Standard Book Number
9780824830243
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Buddhism-- Thailand, Northern-- History.
Communication-- Religious aspects-- Buddhism.
Pali literature-- Thailand, Northern-- History and criticism.