Buddhist Learning in South Asia

Education, Religion, and Culture at the Ancient Sri Nalanda Mahavihara

Pintu Kumar (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

348 Seiten

2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5494-7 (ISBN)

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This interdisciplinary study provides a broad analysis of Śrī Nālandā Mahāvihāra, the Buddhist learning center, during the first millennium AD. Drawing from history, archaeology, and religious studies, the author examines its role both as a religious and educational institution and investigates the impact of nationalist interpretations of the site.

This interdisciplinary study is the first book to provide a complete survey of Sri Nalanda Mahavihara from the perspective of its educational curricula as well as its religious influence. It provides detailed descriptions of the origin, growth, management, and academic and cultural life of Nalanda, with particular attention to its pedagogy, curriculum, teachers, and students. It also presents an alternative interpretation of nationalist and popular notions about Sri Nalanda as an international university and proves that it was, at its core, a Buddhist monastery and an institution of Buddhist learning focused on the study and promotion of Buddhism.

Pintu Kumar is assistant professor in the Department of History at Delhi University.

Chapter 1: Origin, Growth, and Decay of Sri Nalanda Mahavihara
Chapter 2: Sri Nalanda Mahavihara in Travelogues and Archaeology
Chapter 3: Pre-Nalanda/Brahma?ical Education in Ancient India: Gurukulas
Chapter 4: Sri Nalanda Mahavihara: An Institution of Religious Learning
Chapter 5: Sri Nalanda and Buddhist Learning
Chapter 6: Sri Nalanda’s Monastic Organization and Religion
Chapter 7: Life, Ritual and Influences
Chapter 8: Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	23.05.2021
Zusatzinfo	14 b/w photos; 1 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 219 mm
Gewicht	535 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	1-4985-5494-6 / 1498554946
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-5494-7 / 9781498554947
Zustand	Neuware