Ascetic figures before and in early Buddhism
Subtitle: the emergence of Gautama as the Buddha
By: Martin G. Wiltshire.
Series: Religion and reason ;; 30
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Gautama Buddha.; Asceticism -- India.; Asceticism -- Buddhism.; Buddhism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-323) and index.
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Lancaster.