Buddhist Ideas & Rituals in Early India & Korea - Couverture rigide

Lee, Kwangsu

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 8173042217 ISBN 13 : 9788173042218

Editeur : Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 1998

Synopsis

The ideology and institution of any religion cannot be separated from its historical context. It forms and social functions are inherently tied to space and time in each society. To understand a religious tradition we have to explore the relationship of exchange between religion and society or the forms of cultural and social entity. The study aims to search for the Buddhist tradition in ancient India and Korea. Starting with an examination of the behaviour patterns socially acquired and transmitted, the study further explores the relationship between the Buddhist tradition and the socio-economic structures in the two countries. This work is based mainly on literary sources ranging from early Buddhist texts like Nikayas and Dhammapada to tantric texts. Valuable information with regard to the Buddhism in early Korean society and Indo-Korean contacts comes from the Samgukyusa in which the narrative is more and more transformed into myth and legend. The time span of this book is from the sixty century B.C. to about fifth or sixth century A.D. in India and from the first century to around ninth century A.D. in the Korean context. The study would be found useful by those studying ancient India, ancient Korea, transformation of Buddhism, Buddhist mechanism for worldly matters and cultural contacts between India and Korea in the early times.

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À propos de l?auteur

Kwangsu Lee is Associate Professor of Indian History, Department of South Asian Studies, Pusan University of Foreign Studies, Pusan, Korea. He obtained degrees of M.A., and Ph.D. in History from University of Delhi. Besides history his fields of research include Anthropology, Folklore and contemporary South Asia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8173042217
• ISBN 13: 9788173042218
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 196
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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