Rivals and Benefactors: Encounters between Buddhists and Brahmins in the Nikāyas
This paper will examine the portrayal of Brahmins in the Ambaṭṭha, Soṇadaṇḍa, and Kūṭadanta Suttas. As I will argue, the Brahmin characters in these suttas emerge as complexly ambivalent figures who are depicted, simultaneously, as competitors for royal patronage and as potential benefactors. Consid...
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Language: | English |
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Equinox
2009
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2009, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-43 |
Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B sutta B Vedas B Brahmanism B Nikayas B Upanishads |
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