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Buddhism: Its History and Literature

Author: Davids, T.W. Rhys

Keywords: Lectures, Theology, History, Buddhism in India, 1894, Pali literature, Religion

Publisher: Knickerhocker,London

Description: In 1891, Prof. Jastrow submitted a plan to establish popular lecture courses to promote the historical study of religion in front of fifteen people (who later became an association). This book is a compilation of the first six lectures delivered on Buddhism by Prof. T. W. Rhys Davids during the winter of 1894 - 1895 in Universities of Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Baltimore, Columbia, and Philadelphia. It contains lectures on religious theories in India before Buddhism, The literature behind the knowledge of Buddhism, Notes on Buddha's life, and the history and secrets of Buddhism.

Source: Central Secretariat Library

Type: Rare Book

Received From: Central Secretariat Library


DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Davids, T.W. Rhys
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-27T15:08:40Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-27T15:08:40Z
dc.description In 1891, Prof. Jastrow submitted a plan to establish popular lecture courses to promote the historical study of religion in front of fifteen people (who later became an association). This book is a compilation of the first six lectures delivered on Buddhism by Prof. T. W. Rhys Davids during the winter of 1894 - 1895 in Universities of Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Baltimore, Columbia, and Philadelphia. It contains lectures on religious theories in India before Buddhism, The literature behind the knowledge of Buddhism, Notes on Buddha's life, and the history and secrets of Buddhism.
dc.source Central Secretariat Library
dc.format.extent xiii, 230 p.
dc.format.mimetype Application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Knickerhocker,London
dc.subject Lectures, Theology, History, Buddhism in India, 1894, Pali literature, Religion
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1896
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-000392
dc.format.medium text
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Davids, T.W. Rhys
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-27T15:08:40Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-27T15:08:40Z
dc.description In 1891, Prof. Jastrow submitted a plan to establish popular lecture courses to promote the historical study of religion in front of fifteen people (who later became an association). This book is a compilation of the first six lectures delivered on Buddhism by Prof. T. W. Rhys Davids during the winter of 1894 - 1895 in Universities of Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Baltimore, Columbia, and Philadelphia. It contains lectures on religious theories in India before Buddhism, The literature behind the knowledge of Buddhism, Notes on Buddha's life, and the history and secrets of Buddhism.
dc.source Central Secretariat Library
dc.format.extent xiii, 230 p.
dc.format.mimetype Application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Knickerhocker,London
dc.subject Lectures, Theology, History, Buddhism in India, 1894, Pali literature, Religion
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1896
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-000392
dc.format.medium text