Title
Religious giving and the invention of karma in Theravada Buddhism
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2002
Department/School
History and Philosophy
Abstract
Demonstrates that Buddhists appropriated the practice, vocabulary, and ideology of sacrifice from Vedic religion, and discusses the relationship of this sacrificial discourse to ideas of karma in the Pali canon and in early Buddhism.
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Recommended Citation
Egge, J. R. (2002). Religious giving and the invention of karma in Theravada Buddhism. Richmond, U. K.: Curzon.