Eastern monachism :
an account of the origin, laws, discipline, sacred writings, mysterious rites, religious ceremonies, and present circumstances of the order of mendicants founded by Gótama Budha /
compiled from Singhalese mss. and other original sources of information, with comparative notices of the usages and institutions of the western ascetics and a review of the monastic system, by R. Spence Hardy.

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Hardy, R. Spence (Robert Spence), 1803-1868

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Partridge and Oakey, 1850.

Subjects

Buddhism
Buddhism
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders.
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Physical Description

xi, 443 p. ; 23 cm.

ISBN

052402426X (microfiche)

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