Eastern monachism
Subtitle: 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 notices of the usages and institutions of the western ascetics and a review of the monastic system
By: by R. Spence Hardy.
Publisher: Williams and Norgate
Published: 1860
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
Subjects: Monasticism and religious orders, Buddhist; Buddhism