Buddhist Learning in South Asia (eBook)

Education, Religion, and Culture at the Ancient Sri Nalanda Mahavihara

Pintu Kumar (Autor)

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2018
348 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5493-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This interdisciplinary study provides a broad analysis of Śrī Nālandā Mahāvihāra, the Buddhist learning center, during the first millennium AD. Drawing from history, archaeology, and religious studies, the author examines its role both as a religious and educational institution and investigates the impact of nationalist interpretations of the site.

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This interdisciplinary study is the first book to provide a complete survey of Sri Nalanda Mahavihara from the perspective of its educational curricula as well as its religious influence. It provides detailed descriptions of the origin, growth, management, and academic and cultural life of Nalanda, with particular attention to its pedagogy, curriculum, teachers, and students. It also presents an alternative interpretation of nationalist and popular notions about Sri Nalanda as an international university and proves that it was, at its core, a Buddhist monastery and an institution of Buddhist learning focused on the study and promotion of Buddhism.

Autor

Pintu Kumar is assistant professor in the Department of History at Delhi University.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Origin, Growth, and Decay of Śrī Nālandā MahāvihāraChapter 2: Śrī Nālandā Mahāvihāra in Travelogues and ArchaeologyChapter 3: Pre-Nālandā/Brāhmaṇical Education in Ancient India: GurukulasChapter 4: Śrī Nālandā Mahāvihāra: An Institution of Religious LearningChapter 5: Śrī Nālandā and Buddhist LearningChapter 6: Śrī Nālandā’s Monastic Organization and ReligionChapter 7: Life, Ritual and InfluencesChapter 8: Conclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.5.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 15 Illustrations including: - 14 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 1 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Schlagworte: Asian Studies • Buddhism • Buddhist Education • buddhist logic • Buddhist theology • Gurukula • Meditation • Monastic pedagogy • Nalanda Mahavihara • Sakyaputtiya Sramanas
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-5493-8 / 1498554938
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-5493-0 / 9781498554930