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Pali Metre
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: A.K. Warder
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-01 - Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass

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Pali Metre: A Contribution to the History of Indian Literature. The present work is a study of the problems presented by the metres in the Pali Canon, seen in t
Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History
Language: en
Pages: 357
Authors: Zoltán Biedermann
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-07 - Publisher: UCL Press

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The peoples of Sri Lanka have participated in far-flung trading networks, religious formations, and Asian and European empires for millennia. This interdiscipli
Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: James Egge
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-16 - Publisher: Routledge

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Demonstrates that Buddhists appropriated the practice, vocabulary, and ideology of sacrifice from Vedic religion, and discusses the relationship of this sacrifi
The Art of Listening
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Sarah Shaw
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-15 - Publisher: Shambhala Publications

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An accessible introduction to the teachings of the Buddha told through the oral tradition of the Dīghanikāya--the preeminent text of the Pali canon. The Dīgh
Jataka Stories in Theravada Buddhism
Language: en
Pages: 202
Authors: Naomi Appleton
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-06 - Publisher: Routledge

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Jataka stories (stories about the previous births of the Buddha) are very popular in Theravada Buddhist countries, where they are found in both canonical texts