Buddhist Cosmology: The Study of a Burmese Manuscript
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Edition
1st.ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9786162151224
Length
159p., Illustrations Black and White and Colour; Maps Black and White; 31cm.
Subjects
In this book, a Burmese manuscript from the mid-nineteenth century is the catalyst for a study of the multifaceted Buddhist cosmos. The manuscript not only lays out the complex array of realms in the Buddhist universe but also ventures into a number of esoteric and little-understood aspects of the Theravāda cosmological system and its inhabitants. By presenting translations and narration of much of the manuscript's text and sharing his careful analysis of its ...
