"Joy and delight to the minds of the wise" : the nature and function of narrative in the Dhammapada Commentary
This work is intended as an exploration and development in a Buddhist context of a previously neglected area in the study of sacred texts, identified by William Graham as "the sensual dimension", or the response of a community to its sacred texts. The focus of the study is the Dhammapada C...
Main Author: | Haswell, Jennifer Isobel |
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University of Edinburgh
1998
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.652225 |
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