History of Indian Buddhism: From the Origins to the Saka EraThe History of Indian Buddhism is undoubtedly Msgr. E. Lamotte's most brilliant contribution to the field of Buddhist exegesis. The work contains a vivid, vigorous and fully-detailed description of early Buddhism and its teachings, the material organization of the Community, the formation and further developments of the writings, the conciliar traditions, the evolution of Buddhist sculpture and architecture, the origins of the sects, the Buddhist dialects and the constitution of the legends, and sets them in the historical background in which buddhist doctrines originated and expanded in India and in the neighbouring countries. Using the material evidence provided by Indian epigraphy and archaeological remains on the one hand, and taking into account the data supplied by Western (Latin and Greek) and Far Eastern (Tibetan and Chinese) sources on the other, Msgr. E. Lamotte has succeeded in producing a lucid and basic book that is unanimously considered as a classic of contemporary Buddhist studies. After thirty years, the work has retained all its value, but, in order to meet the requirements of recent Buddhist scholarship, the History of Indian Buddhism has been supplemented with an additional bibliography, an index of technical terms and revised geographical maps. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Vedic Antecedents 1 The Sixteen Great Countries of the Sixth Century | 7 |
The Date of the Buddha 13 The Life of Śākyamuni | 15 |
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Abhidharma according Ajātaśatru Ananda ancient Anguttara Arhat Aśoka Aśokāvadāna Avanti Bactria Bhārhut bhikṣus Bimbisāra BLOCH bodhisattva brahmin Buddha Buddhist caitya Candragupta canonical capital caves century B.C. Ceylon Chinese ching compiled council death Dharma Dharmaguptakas Digha disciples Divya doctrine edicts existence finally five FOUCHER four Gandhāra Greek holy Hsüan tsang Indian Indus inscriptions Jaina Jātaka king kingdom KONOW Kośa l'Inde laity latter legend LÜDERS Magadha Mahāsāmghikas Mahāvamsa Mahāvastu Mahāyāna Mahinda Mahīśāsakas Majjhima Master Mathura Mauryas monastery monks Nāgas Nirvana North-West origin Pāli Paris Parthian Pāṭaliputra Prakrit prince Rājagṛha recited region reign relics religious Saddharma Śaka Śākyamuni Samgha Samyutta Sāñcī Sanskrit Śāriputra Sarvāstivādins satrap schools Scythian sects Sinhalese Sinhalese chronicle sources Sthaviras stūpa Sunga sūtras Suttanipāta suttas Tathāgata Taxila teaching texts throne tion tradition translated Tripitaka Upadesa Upagupta upāsaka Vaiśālī VALLÉE POUSSIN Vārāṇasī Vibhāṣā vihāra Vinaya Yakṣas