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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ronald M Davidson |
| ISBN: | 0231126182 9780231126182 0231126190 9780231126199 |
| OCLC Number: | 49773764 |
| Description: | xvi, 475 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: A plethora of premises -- Prayers in the palace, swords in the temple: early medieval India -- The medieval Buddhist experience -- The victory of esoterism and the imperial metaphor -- Siddhas and the religious landscape -- Siddhas, literature, and language -- Siddhas, monks, and communities -- Conclusion: The esoteric conundrum -- Appendix: Probable Patupata sites -- Glossary. |
| Responsibility: | Ronald M. Davidson. |
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A truly pioneering and wide-ranging work -- one much to be commended to students of all of the diverse phenomena that Davidson brings within its purview. -- Dan Arnold Journal of Religion This groundbreaking volume will find a primary place on the bookshelf of every serious scholar... This exceptional work deserves a wide audience -- Frederick M. Smith Religous Studies Newsletter Vol. 30 (2,3) This work is unmistakably a rich contribution to research in this area. -- Christian K. Wedemeyer History of Religions 5/1/2006 Read more...
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