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Spreading the Dhamma : writting, orality, and textual transmission in Buddhist Northern
Author Veidlinger, Daniel Marc
Date2006.08
Pages248
PublisherUniversity of Hawai'i
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
Note叢編: Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, and memory; 異本: Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, memory
KeywordBuddhism -- Thailand, Northern -- History; Communication -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism; Theravada-Boeddhisme; Pali; Tipitaka
Abstract本書以泰北的蘭那古國為背景,探究早期佛教的僧信二眾對於手寫和口傳巴利聖典的看法。作者在書中引用了大批資料,包括土著的紀錄、外來訪客寫的報告、石碑、貝葉經典等等。除探討蘭那地區的書寫語詞如何融入佛教的僧團,並說明當時研讀經典時如何使用手稿,及書寫在信仰生活中所佔的地位。作者描寫手稿的使用與收藏,以及如何合乎經濟原則。上座部佛教鮮少探討的「經書崇拜」議題,在本書多所著墨。在更深入上座部佛教之後,作者提出,緬甸與斯里蘭卡的手稿在佛經的保存與傳播上佔有重要地位。

Table of contentsIntroduction 1 (20)
1. Monks and Memory: The Oral World 21 (21)
2. Early Thai Encounters with Orality and Literacy 42 (21)
3. Golden Age, Golden Images, and Golden Leaves 63 (40)
4. The Text in the World: Scribes, Sponsors, and Manuscript Culture 103 (30)
5. Turning Over a New Leaf: The Advance of Writing 133 (31)
6. Overlooked or Looked Over? The Meaning and Uses of Written Pali Texts 164 (40)
Conclusion 204 (9)
Notes 213 (20)
Bibliography 233 (16)
Index 249

ISBN0824830245; 9780824830243
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Created date2006.12.13
Modified date2014.06.23



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