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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism
This Reader aims to help students start reading original Sanskrit
literature. When we study ancient languages, there often is quite a
gap between introductory, grammar-based classes and independent
reading of original texts. This Reader bridges that gap by offering
complete grammar and vocabulary notes for 40 entertaining,
thought-provoking or simply beautiful passages from Sanskrit
narrative and epic, as well as over 130 subhasitas (epigrams).
These readings are complemented by review sections on syntax, word
formation and compounding, a 900-word study vocabulary, complete
transliterations and literal translations of all readings, as well
as supplementary online resources. The Reader can be used for
self-study and in a classroom, both to accompany introductory
Sanskrit courses and to succeed them.
Buddhist Statecraft in East Asia explores the long relationship
between Buddhism and the state in premodern times and seeks to
counter the modern, secularist notion that Buddhism, as a religion,
is inherently apolitical. By revealing the methods by which members
of Buddhist communities across premodern East Asia related to
imperial rule, this volume offers case studies of how Buddhists,
their texts, material culture, ideas, and institutions legitimated
rulers and defended regimes across the region. The volume also
reveals a history of Buddhist writing, protest, and rebellion
against the state. Contributors are Stephanie Balkwill, James A.
Benn, Megan Bryson, Gregory N. Evon, Geoffrey C. Goble, Richard D.
McBride II, and Jacqueline I. Stone.
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