Text, history, and philosophy : : Abhidharma across Buddhist scholastic traditions / / edited by Bart Dessein, Weijen Teng.

• Superior document: Brill's Indological Library, Volume 50
• Author: Conference "From Abhidhamma To Abhidharma. Early Buddhist Scholasticism in India, Central Asia, and China"
• TeilnehmendeR: Dessein, Bart,; Teng, Weijen,; Conference "From Abhidhamma To Abhidharma. Early Buddhist Scholasticism in India, Central Asia, and China"
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Année de publication: 2016
• Langue: English
• Collection: Brill's Indological library ; Volume 50.
• Description matérielle: 1 online resource (445 p.)
• Notes: "Papers ... of the conference 'From Abhidhamma To Abhidharma. Early Buddhist Scholasticism in India, Central Asia, and China' held on 8 and 9 July 2013 at Ghent University, Belgium"--Preface.

Text, History, and Philosophy. Abhidharma Across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions discusses Abhidhamma / Abhidharma as a specific exegetical method. In the first part of the volume, the development of the Buddhist argumentative technique is discussed. The second part investigates the importance of the...