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- catalog abstract ""In this book Robert DeCaroli seeks to place the formation of Buddhism in its appropriate social and political contexts. It is necessary, he says, to acknowledge that the monks and nuns who embodied early Buddhist ideals shared many beliefs held by the communities in which they were raised. In becoming members of the monastic society, these individuals did not abandon their beliefs in the efficacy and the dangers represented by minor deities and spirits of the dead. Their new faith, however, gave them revolutionary new mechanisms with which to engage those supernatural beings." "Drawing on fieldwork as well as textual and iconographic evidence, DeCaroli offers a comprehensive view of early Indian spirit-religions and their contributions to Buddhism - the first attempt at such a study since Ananda Coomaraswamy's pioneering work was published in 1928. The result is an important contribution to our understanding of early Indian religion and society, of interest to those in the fields of Buddhist studies, Asian history, art history, and anthropology."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13278124.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""In this book Robert DeCaroli seeks to place the formation of Buddhism in its appropriate social and political contexts. It is necessary, he says, to acknowledge that the monks and nuns who embodied early Buddhist ideals shared many beliefs held by the communities in which they were raised. In becoming members of the monastic society, these individuals did not abandon their beliefs in the efficacy and the dangers represented by minor deities and spirits of the dead. Their new faith, however, gave them revolutionary new mechanisms with which to engage those supernatural beings." "Drawing on fieldwork as well as textual and iconographic evidence, DeCaroli offers a comprehensive view of early Indian spirit-religions and their contributions to Buddhism - the first attempt at such a study since Ananda Coomaraswamy's pioneering work was published in 1928. The result is an important contribution to our understanding of early Indian religion and society, of interest to those in the fields of Buddhist studies, Asian history, art history, and anthropology."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Coming to terms -- Making believers -- Set in stone -- Ghost stories -- The politics of enlightenment -- Policing the monastery -- Passage from India -- Confronting their demons.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-220) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 230 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195168380 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University,".
- catalog spatial "India".
- catalog spatial "India.".
- catalog subject "294.3/0934 22".
- catalog subject "Art and mythology.".
- catalog subject "Art, Buddhist India.".
- catalog subject "BQ336 .D43 2004".
- catalog subject "Buddhism India History.".
- catalog subject "Buddhist art India.".
- catalog subject "Buddhist gods, in art.".
- catalog subject "Gods, Buddhist, in art.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Coming to terms -- Making believers -- Set in stone -- Ghost stories -- The politics of enlightenment -- Policing the monastery -- Passage from India -- Confronting their demons.".
- catalog title "Haunting the Buddha : Indian popular religions and the formation of Buddhism / Robert DeCaroli.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".