Nagarjuna in Context : : Mahayana Buddhism and Early Indian Culture / / Joseph Walser.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Walser, Joseph,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 2 maps
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Map --; Introduction --; 1. Locating Mahāyāna --; 2. Locating Nāgārjuna --; 3. Mahāyāna and the Constraints of Monastic Law --; 4. Mahāyāna Sūtras as Monastic Property --; 5. On the Parasitic Strategies of Mahāyāna --; 6. Abhidharma and Sectarian Identity --; 7. Nāgārjuna and the Abhidharma --; Conclusion: Toward the Outline of a Career --; Appendix: The Authorship of the Ratnāvalī --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231506236; 9783110649772; 9783110442472
• DOI: 10.7312/wals13164
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Joseph Walser.

Joseph Walser provides the first examination of Nagarjuna's life and writings in the context of the religious and monastic debates of the second century CE. Walser explores how Nagarjuna secured the canonical authority of Mahayana teachings and considers his use of rhetoric to ensure the transmission of his writings by Buddhist monks. Drawing on close textual analysis of Nagarjuna's writings and other Buddhist and non-Buddhist sources, Walser offers an original contribution to the understanding of Nagarjuna and the early history of Buddhism.