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Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism - Routledge Studies in Asian Religion James Egge 1st edition
Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism - Routledge Studies in Asian Religion
James Egge
Demonstrates that Buddhists appropriated the practice, vocabulary, and ideology of sacrifice from Vedic religion, and discusses the relationship of this sacrificial discourse to ideas of karma in the Pali canon and in early Buddhism.
208 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 21, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780700715060 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 204 |
| Dimensions | 138 × 216 × 20 mm · 363 g |
| Language | English |