Nagarjuna in Context
Subtitle: Mahayana Buddhism and Early Indian Culture
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: April 8, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780231131643
Subjects: Buddhism; Buddhism - General; Religion / General; Anthropology - Cultural; Buddhism - History; Religion; Religion - World Religions; 2nd cent; Madhyamika (Buddhism); Mahayana Buddhism; Måadhyamika (Buddhism); Nagarjuna,
First sentence: To PRESENT Nagarjuna's role in the development and spread of Mahayana, we must first explore the contours of Mahayana in India around the time that he lived.