Buddhism and its social significance for the Asian world
Subtitle: proceedings of the first international conference of the Centre for Buddhist Studies 2007
By: editor, Andrea Loseries ; advisory board, Suniti Kumar Pathak ... [et al.].
Contributors: Loseries-Leick, Andrea; Visva-Bharati. Centre for Buddhist Studies
Publisher: Buddhist World Press, in association with Centre for Buddhist Studies, Visva-Bharati
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9788190821254
Subjects: Buddhism; Social aspects; Congresses; Buddhist civilization; Buddhist art; Women in Buddhism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Strategies and source materials. Buddhist social stratification / K. Sankarnarayan ; The concept of Sat in Buddhism / Raghunath Ghosh ; Prajñāpāramitāvādin's influence on proto-Mahāyāna in its incipient stage : an hypothetical approach / Sangwhan Shin; title: Case studies. The bodhs of Spiti, Himachal Pradesh : a case study / R.K. Bhattacharya ; The Chākmā : a missing link of the Śākya tribe? / Prajnalankar Bhikkhu ; Russian scholar's contribution to Buddhist studies / Aruna Mukherjee; title: Art and archeology. Ratnatraya in instriptions and archaeological remains of ancient Bangladesh / Enamul Haque ; Socio-religious significance of Buddhist art in Santiniketan / Kalpika Mukherjee ; Treasures of Buddhist art at Visva-Bharati : the Tibetan Thanka collection / Andrea Loseries; title: Women studies. Historical women in Buddhist India : a Theravadin tradition / Meena V. Talim ; Women in Indian society : a Buddhist view / Vakul Mitta ; Tagore's Caṇdālikā and its Buddhist background / Bela Bhattacharya; title: Best practices-solution models. Buddhist economiics : where people not goods matter / K.T.S. Sarao ; Dr. Ambedkar's contribution to social Buddhist philosophy / Chandra D. Naik ; Tradition, globalisation and cultural identity / Asha Mukherjee.