(Hardback)
By: John S. Strong
ISBN: 9780691117645
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Oct 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Buddhism is seen as a religion stressing the truth of impermanence. How, then, to account for the long-standing veneration, in Asian Buddhist communities, of bone fragments, and other bodily bits said to come from the historic Buddha This book argues that relic veneration has played an integral role in Buddhist traditions in Southeast Asia.
(Paperback)
By: John S. Strong
ISBN: 9780691603919
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2017
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Hardback)
By: John S. Strong
ISBN: 9780691654133
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2017
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: John S. Strong
ISBN: 9780691605074
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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An English translation of the Asokavadana text, the Sanskrit version of the legend of King Asoka, first written in the second century A.D. Emperor of India during the third century B.C. and one of the most important rulers in the history of Buddhism, Asoka has hitherto been studied in the West primarily from his edicts and rock inscriptions in many
(Hardback)
By: John S. Strong
ISBN: 9780691634050
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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