Eastern monachism: an account of the origin, laws, discipline, sacred writings, mysterious rites, religious ceremonies, and present circumstances of the order of Mendicants founded by Gótama Budha (compiled from Singhalese MSS. and other original sources of information), with comparative notes of the usages and institutions of the Western Ascetics, and a review of the monastic system.
Hardy, R. Spence(Robert Spence),1803-1868.
London,
1850.