Performing the Buddha’s Word: The Role of the Bhāṇaka

The bhāṇakas were the main textual practitioners of early Buddhism. Although scholarship has been naturally critical of traditional accounts regarding the shaping of the canon, scholars have accepted many of their underlying assumptions, including a ubiquitous reference to bhāṇakas as “reciters,” wi...

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Main Author: Shulman, Evyatar 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Numen
Year: 2024, Volume: 71, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 227-255
Further subjects:B early Buddhist discourses
B Tipiṭaka
B early Buddhist literature
B Saṃyuttanikāya
B the Pāli canon
B reciter
B bhāṇaka
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