Text, History, and Philosophy - Abhidharma Across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions

In Text, History, and Philosophy. Abhidharma Across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions, the development of the Abhidharma genre in South and East Asia from the life time of the historical Buddha to the tenth century CE is discussed.

About the author

Bart Dessein, Ph.D. (1994) is Full Professor at the Department of Chinese Language and Culture of Ghent University, and member of the Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies. He has mainly published on Sarvāstivāda and Mahāsāṃghika history and philosophy.
Weijen Teng, Ph.D. (2011) Harvard University, is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts. His research interests are Chinese Buddhist intellectual history, Sanskrit grammar study in Medieval China and Abhidharma.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2016
• EAN: 9789004316669
• ISBN: 978-90-04-31666-9
• No. of pages: 446
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 244 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 764 g
• Series: Brill's Indological Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions