Mahâyâna and the Gift:

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" Mahâyâna and the Gift: "
McCombs, Jason Matthew Schopen, Gregory R.

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	915338
Doc. No	:	TL7kw809f3
Main Entry	:	McCombs, Jason Matthew
Title & Author	:	Mahâyâna and the Gift:\ McCombs, Jason MatthewSchopen, Gregory R.
College	:	UCLA
Date	:	2014
student score	:	2014
Abstract	:	This dissertation examines the theory and practice of a crucial aspect of the premodern religions of India: gift giving. Although much has been written on gift giving in India, rarely have the theory and practice of giving in India been considered simultaneously. I focus in particular on the role of the gift in Indian Mahâyâna, a Buddhist movement that appeared around the beginning of the Common Era and lasted until the disappearance of Buddhism from India in the late medieval period. Very little attention has been paid to gift giving and Indian Mahâyâna Buddhism, in part because the scholarship on Indian Mahâyâna has concentrated largely on its origins and early sources.
Added Entry	:	Schopen, Gregory R.
Added Entry	:	UCLA