Indian Esoteric Buddhism

副标题: A Social History of the Tantric Movement

ISBN: 9780231126199

出版社: Columbia University Press

出版年: 2003-01-15

定价: USD 31.00

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Despite the rapid spread of Buddhism the historical origins of Buddhsit thought and practice remain obscure.This work describes the genesis of the Tantric movement and in some ways an example of the feudalization of Indian society. Drawing on primary documents from sanskrit, prakrit, tibetan, Bengali, and chinese author shows how changes in medieval Indian society, including economic and patronage crises, a decline in women`s participation and the formation of large monastic orders led to the rise of the esoteric tradition in India.