Pintu Kumar

Buddhist Learning in South Asia (eBook, ePUB)

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

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498554930
• Artikelnr.: 56819738

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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