The Legend and Cult of Upagupta: Sanskrit Buddhism in North India and Southeast Asia
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The Legend and Cult of Upagupta: Sanskrit Buddhism in North India and Southeast Asia
By (Author) John S. Strong
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
30th May 2017
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
294.3095
Short-listed for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1992
Physical Properties
Hardback
408
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
482g
Description
The Buddhist monk Upagupta, who preached and taught meditative practices in Northwest India over two thousand years ago, is venerated today by the laity in parts of Burma, Thailand, and Laos as a protective figure endowed with magical powers. In this monumental work John Strong offers a systematic presentation of the Indian and Southeast Asian lege
Reviews
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992 "Makes a substantial contribution to the fields of religious and Buddhist studies. The grace of Strong's prose and the detail with which he recounts stories, myths, and rituals related to the Upagupta, provide specialist and generalist with an important new resource."--Journal of Religion
