Title: Eastern monachism: an account of the origin, laws, discipline, sacred writings, mysteriousrites, religious ceremonies, and present circumstances, of the order of mendicants founded by Gótama Budha, (compiled from Singhalese mss. and other original sources of information)
Subtitle: with comparative notices of the ... western ascetics, anda review of the monastic system
Subjects: Buddhist Monasticism and religious orders, Buddha and Buddhism