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McDaniel, Justin.

Gathering leaves & lifting words : histories of Buddhist monastic education in Laos and Thailand / Gathering leaves and lifting words Justin Thomas McDaniel. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xiii, 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. - Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies . - Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-345) and index.

Part I. Structural Mechanisms: The Institutional History of Monastic Education: 1. From the Sala Vat to the Institut Bouddhique -- Wandering Librarians -- Kings and Universities -- Part II. Proximate Mechanisms: Toward a Curricular History of Monastic Education: 4. Genres, Modes, and Idiosyncratic Articulations -- The Culture of Translation -- Canons and Curricula -- Part III. Vernacular Landscapes: Teaching Buddhism in Laos and Thailand: 7. From Manuscript to Television -- Philosophical Embryology. 2. 3. 5. 6. 8.


English.

ISBN: 9780295989228 029598922X

Source: 22573/ctvctd9rr JSTOR

LCCN: 2008006065

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8A5225 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Buddhism--Study and teaching--History.--Laos
Buddhism--Study and teaching--History.--Thailand
Buddhist monks--Education--History.--Laos
Buddhist monks--Education--History.--Thailand
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Buddhism--Study and teaching.
Buddhist monks--Education.
Buddhismus
Mönchtum
Religiöse Erziehung
RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Laos.
Thailand.
Laos
Thailand

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: BQ162.L28 / M33 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 294.3/7509593