| Edition |
First SUNY Press edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- 1 The Time of the Buddha -- South Asia from the Buddha to Ashoka -- Sakyamuni and the Sakya People -- The Buddha's Supporters in Cities -- Forests, Mountains, and Waters -- The Sangha of the Buddha and His Society -- 2 Ahura and Asura: Persians and Indians in the Time of the Buddha -- The Presence of the Persian Empire -- Zoroastrianism in Persia and India -- Persians in Greater Gandara -- Looking from the Ganges -- Asuras Among the Buddhists -- 3 The Maladies of Urban Life: Epidemics, Asava, and the Problem of Addiction |
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Jivaka the Physician in the New Cities -- Health Conditions: Personal Hygiene and Environmental Sanitation -- Drugs as Medicine and Addiction -- Soma, Haoma, Asava -- 4 Supporters in the Cities: Gahapati, Setthi, Visakha, and Women Who Fed the Sangha -- 5 Bimbisara, Pasenadi, Ajatasattu, and the Vajji Rajas -- 6 Queens and the Buddhist Sangha -- Ambapali, Stateswoman of the Vajji Ganasangha -- Maha Pajapati, Matriarch of the Sakya Ganasangha -- Khema, a Queen of Magadha -- Mallika, Queen of Kosala -- Samavati, Queen of Kosambi -- 7 Patacara and Refugees Who Fled from Cities |
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8 Newcomers from Forests, Mountains, and Waters -- 9 From Aryans to Candalas: A Mobile Hierarchy in the Buddhist Universe -- The Realm of the Devas -- The Realm of Humans -- The Realm of Asuras -- The Realm of Animals -- The Realm of Ghosts and Hell -- 10 Sanchi and Bharhut: Visual Memories of Early Buddhist Society -- Bibliography -- Pali Canon Referred to in the Text -- Inscriptional Sources -- Visual Sources of Ancient Indian Monuments -- Secondary Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
A richly scholarly yet accessible and imaginative account of society in the time of the Buddha. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gautama Buddha. https://isni.org/isni/0000000433557817
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Gautama Buddha. |
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Buddhism -- History -- To ca. 100 A.D.
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India -- Social life and customs -- To 1200.
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India. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1200 |
| Subject |
India -- History -- 324 B.C.-1000 A.D.
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Liu, Xinru Early Buddhist Society Melton : State University of New York Press,c2022 9781438491226 |
| ISBN |
9781438491240 electronic book |
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1438491247 electronic book |
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1438491239 |
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9781438491233 |
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